Calabrian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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
“First of all, because every trial against the ‘ndrangheta gives a very significant message to the territory, which is not only the Calabrian one, but the national territory.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 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
In the mountain villages scattered about the borders of the vast Sila forest, Calabrian mothers whisper to their babes, "brigantiellu miu, brigantiellu della mamma."
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
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