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Calabria

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Noun

1. calabria

a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian boot')

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Calabria

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noun
1. 
a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sq miles)
2. 
an ancient region of extreme SE Italy (3rd century bc to about 668 ad); now part of Apulia

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Calabria

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1. 
region occupying the southernmost part of the peninsula of Italy, opposite Sicily: 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km); pop. 2,070,000
2. 
former region (until 11th cent.) constituting what is now S Apulia, in SE Italy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Calabria

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A region of southern Italy forming the toe of the Italian "boot." Founded as a Greek colony, it was subsequently held by Rome, the Byzantine Empire, the Normans, and the kingdom of Naples before becoming part of a united Italy in 1861.

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