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Reggio Calabria

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[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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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

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

GIOIOSA-IONICA, a town of Calabria, Italy, in the province of Reggio Calabria, from which it is 65 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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