Messinium

Pronunciation: [mɛˈsiːni̯ʊm]

“Messinium” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

Messinian (The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.)

Etymology

From Messina + -ium. This scientific term was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1857 when he published his paper Versuch einer neuen Klassifikation der Tertiär-Gebilde Europas (An Attempt at a New Classification of the Tertiary Formations of Europe).

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