The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῬήγιον
- Latin · derived fromRhēgium
- Late Latin · derived fromRēgium
- Old Italian · derived fromReggio
- Italian · borrowed fromReggio Calabria
- 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.