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Calabria
(kə lā′brē ə; It kä lä′bryä)
- region occupying the southernmost part of the peninsula of Italy, opposite Sicily: 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km); pop. 2,070,000
- former region (until 11th cent.) constituting what is now S Apulia, in SE Italy
Related Forms:
- Calabrian adjective, noun
See Calabria in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A region of southern Italy forming the toe of the Italian “boot.” Founded as a Greek colony, it was taken by the Romans in 268 B.C. and by the Byzantine Empire in the ninth century A.D.
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