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Definition of Calabria

1. Noun. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian 'boot').

Definition of Calabria

1. Proper noun. A region of southern Italy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calabria

Literary usage of Calabria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"calabria. Neviani, A. Roma, Boll. Soe. geol. ital., 23, 1904, (507-555, con fig.). ... calabria. Neviani, A. te, (270-276, con tav., 507-555, con fig. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"SICILY, and still more calabria, offer some of the freshest fields in ... But the fact is that calabria has got such a bad name for being infested with ..."

3. The Napoleonic Empire in Southern Italy and the Rise of the Secret Societies by Robert Matteson Johnston (1904)
"CHAPTER IV MAIDA AND THE INSURRECTION OF calabria Results of Trafalgar — British Mediterranean policy — France, England, and Sicily—Position at ..."

4. Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell (1842)
"EARTHQUAKE IN calabria, 1783. Earthquake in calabria, February 5. 1783 — Shocks continued to the end of the year 1786 — Authorities—Area convulsed ..."

5. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1828)
"SECTION I. Earthquake at calabria, in the year 1638. 1. AN account of this dreadful earthquake, is given by the celebrated father Kircher. ..."

6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... DISSERTATION ON THE EARTHQUAKES IN calabria ULTRA; ... of calabria Ultra during the whole of the months of February and March 1784, and obliging me in ..."

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