a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sqmiles)
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an ancient region of extreme SE Italy (3rd century bc to about 668 ad); now part of Apulia
Calabria in American English
(kəˈleɪbriə; Italian kɑˈlɑbʀjɑ)
1.
region occupying the southernmost part of the peninsula of Italy, opposite Sicily: 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km); pop. 2,070,000
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former region (until 11th cent.) constituting what is now S Apulia, in SE Italy