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Massinissa

British  
/ ˌmæsɪˈnɪsə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Masinissa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Or of the Roman Republic, during the Third Punic War, that it was acting under the orders of Massinissa, king of Numidia?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Massinissa Benlakehal contributed reporting from Tunis, and Asmaa al-Oman from Beirut.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Massinissa Benlakehal in Tunis contributed to this report.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2021

The Carthaginians had been for some years at peace with Rome, but had been much harassed by some of her allies, and particularly by Massinissa, their neighbour, in Numidia.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

Iarbas is said to have been a descendant of Massinissa.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey

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