Reggio Calabria

American  

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

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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Example Sentences

The increased mortality rate was particularly evident in southern cities such as Bari, Catania, and Reggio Calabria.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

Police said the dormice were discovered on Saturday after a search at the farm in Reggio Calabria was extended to nearby ruins and other properties.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2021

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

Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA Rome was never considered a capital of organised crime on the scale of Sicily, Naples or Reggio Calabria.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2016

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

From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing