Calabria

American  

[kuh-ley-bree-uh, kah-lah-bryah] / kəˈleɪ bri ə, kɑˈlɑ bryɑ /

noun

1. a region in southern Italy. 2,048,901. 5,828 sq. mi. (15,100 sq. km). Reggio Calabria.

2. an ancient district at the extreme southeastern part of the Italian peninsula.

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Calabria British  

/ kəˈlæbrɪə /

noun

1. 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 sq miles)

2. an ancient region of extreme SE Italy (3rd century _bc to about 668 _ad ); now part of Apulia

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Other Word Forms

• Calabrian noun

Etymology

Origin of Calabria

First recorded in 1600–20; from Latin, from Greek Kalabría

Example Sentences

“Eraring is a live opportunity and a very good site,” Calabria said in an interview on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Italian politicians have for decades debated a bridge over the Strait of Messina, a narrow strip of water between the Sicily and the region of Calabria, at the toe of Italy's boot.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

This is particularly rife across the south, where olive trees are giving way to a proliferation in money-making mango and avocado trees in Sicily, Puglia and Calabria.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

Belcastro sits in the southern region of Calabria - one of Italy's poorest.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

They then implored the protection of Germaine de Foix, second wife to Ferdinand V., and who was then married to Don Ferdinand of Aragon, Duke of Calabria.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio