Reggio Calabria

[ red-jaw kah-lah-bryah ]

/ ˈrɛd dʒɔ kɑˈlɑ bryɑ /

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

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Also Reg·gio di Ca·la·bria

[red-jaw dee kah-lah-bryah]. /ˈrɛd dʒɔ ˌdi kɑˈlɑ bryɑ/.

Words nearby Reggio Calabria

regent honeyeater, Regent's Park, Reger, reggae, reggaeton, Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggy, regicide

How to use Reggio Calabria in a sentence

“These photographs are from the inside out,” Reggio explains.
‘Visitors’ Is Staring At You|Emma Myers|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For Reggio, who believes that the “meaning is in the form,” this is perhaps the greatest achievement of all.
‘Visitors’ Is Staring At You|Emma Myers|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Food in Calabria was pride, self-sufficiency and community all mixed together in one mouthful.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking|Curtis Stone|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nothing embodies the failures of the Italian state more neatly than the highway from Salerno to Reggio Calabria.
You Know Who's More Corrupt than America?|David Frum|October 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In Basilicata and Calabria, hundreds of families are living in houses where electricity has been cut off.
Europe’s Austerity Crisis Ravages Italy’s South|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The best native wools came from Calabria and Apulia, that from near Tarentum being the best of all.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Michele, a young man, was known to be in Reggio where he was employed in the Municipio.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
He often swam over from Sicily to Calabria, a tempestuous and dangerous passage, carrying letters from the king.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
A writer, Norman Douglas, in 1914 found the existence of a phallic cult in Calabria.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II
To-day there enters our school a little Italian born in Reggio, in Calabria, more than five hundred miles from here.
Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis