calabria

English - Turkish

Definition of calabria in English Turkish dictionary

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of, from, or pertaining to calabria

Veya ilgili Calabria için

calabrian

kalabriyen (erken pleistosen katı)

English - English

Definition of calabria in English English dictionary

{i} region in south Italy that forms the toe of the Italian Boot; family name

Region (pop., 2001 prelim.: 1,993,274), southern Italy. Forming the "toe" of the Italian "boot," it is a peninsula that separates the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas. A mountainous area covering 5,823 sq mi (15,080 sq km), it has been subject to earthquakes. Its capital is Catanzaro. Founded as a Greek colony and known in ancient times as Bruttium, it was taken by the Romans in the 3rd century BC and gradually went into decline. It eventually passed to the Byzantines, who renamed it Calabria. Conquered by the Normans, it was united with the Kingdom of Naples in the 11th century AD. A stronghold of Italian republicanism until the Risorgimento, it became part of Italy after the 1860 expedition of Giuseppe de Garibaldi. Long a poor area dependent on farming, it underwent a land-reform system in the mid-20th century that promoted more diverse profitable crops

A region of southern Italy

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

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Calabrian

An inhabitant or a resident of Calabria

Calabrian

Of, from, or pertaining to Calabria

Calabrian

The language of the Calabrian people

Reggio Calabria

Province of Calabria, Italy

Reggio Calabria

Capital of the province of Reggio Calabria

Calabrian

{i} native or inhabitant of Calabria (Italy)

Calabrian

{s} of or relating to Calabria; of or pertaining to the people or culture of Calabria

Reggio Calabria

city in southern Italy

Reggio di Calabria

ancient Rhegium City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 179,384), capital of Reggio di Calabria province and former capital (until 1971) of Calabria region, southern Italy. A Greek colony founded on the Strait of Messina at the end of the 8th century BC, it was allied with Athens in the 5th century BC and with Rome 280 BC. From the 5th century AD it was ruled successively by the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, and Arabs. It was conquered by the Normans under Robert Guiscard 1060 and became part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Destroyed many times by Muslim invaders and by earthquakes, it has repeatedly been rebuilt. It is a tourist resort and seaport that exports dried herbs and essential oils for the perfume and pharmaceutical industries

Hyphenation

Ca·lab·ri·a

Turkish pronunciation

kıläbriı

Pronunciation

/kəˈlabrēə/ /kəˈlæbriːə/