Complex sentence: Messina (;, Sicilian: "Missina";) is the capital of the Italian province of Messina and the third largest city on the island of Sicily, with a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province.
Split into simpler sentences: Messina (;, Sicilian: "Missina";) is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province.