Etymology

Reggio Calabria

Today it means: A historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy. Full definition →

Italian Reggio Calabria ← Old Italian Reggio ← Late Latin Rēgium
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῬήγιον
  2. Latin · derived fromRhēgium
  3. Late Latin · derived fromRēgium
  4. Old Italian · derived fromReggio
  5. Italian · borrowed fromReggio Calabria
  6. English todayReggio Calabria

From Italian Reggio Calabria, from the earlier Old Italian Reggio, from Late Latin Rēgium, Latin Rhēgium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion). The city became known as Reggio Calabria after the unification of Italy.

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