Messenia: Meaning and Definition of

Mes•se•ni•a

Pronunciation: (mu-sē'nē-u, -sēn'yu), [key]
— n.
  1. a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
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