strait of messina

1. 1.

   the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy

   Broaderstrait

Questions about strait of messina

What does strait of messina mean?

strait of messina means "the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy".

Is strait of messina a common word?

strait of messina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.