Mes·se·ni·a
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| a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture. |
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Messenia
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| Mes·se·ni·a
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An ancient region of southwest Greece in the Peloponnesus on the Ionian Sea. It fought a series of wars against Sparta c. 736 to 371 B.C. The Romans conquered the area in 146 B.C. Mes·sen'i·an adj. & n. |
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