Kalamata meaning
Kalamata olive.
noun
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In 1685 Kalamata was captured by the Venetians; in 1770, and again in 1821, it was the revolutionary headquarters in the Morea.
Kalamata is situated in a very fruitful district, of which it is the emporium.
At the present day Messenia forms a department with its capital at Kalamata, and a population numbering (according to the census of 1907), 127,991.