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Calabrian

British  
/ kəˈlæbrɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Calabria

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It is a novel about a woman in her early 30s trying to figure herself out as she returns home to the Calabrian coast and tries to help her sister run their father’s bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

For millions of fans the news confirms what they already believed - from Sicilian Cannoli to Calabrian 'Nduja - Italian is the best.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

The trial was held in a converted call-centre in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, with metal cages installed for the defendants.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

As Giuseppe Morisani and Skyler Mapes, co-founders of Calabrian olive oil company EXAU, told Sontag: "People are like, 'I want to protect the environment.' And I'm like, 'You should plant an olive tree."

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2023

The Calabrian children have a song: "Moon, holy moon, send me good fortune; thou shining, and I content, lustrous thou, I fortunate."

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn