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Reggio Calabria

American  
[red-jaw kah-lah-bryah] / ˈrɛd dʒɔ kɑˈlɑ brjɑ /
Also Reggio di Calabria

noun

  1. a seaport in S Italy, on the Strait of Messina: almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1908.


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It says it expects only two - Reggio Calabria in the southern tip of Italy's "boot" and Messina, facing it across on the island of Sicily - to be on the second-highest "amber" alert.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The Rise Above boat docked in the port of Reggio Calabria, in the toe of Italy, shortly after dawn and the 89 people it had picked up in the Mediterranean were let ashore.

From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022

In this, it resembles Carpignano’s previous features, “Mediterranea” and “A Ciambra,” which are also set in the Gioia Tauro, a rough coastal town on the edge of Reggio Calabria, the regional capital.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

In Italy, firefighters battling a wildfire in Reggio Calabria province found the bodies of a man and a woman in an olive grove.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021

My father was at Reggio Calabria, which was also destroyed. 

From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones

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