Meanings
proper noun
- A historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy.
- A city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
- historyRegium, an important flourishing Ancient Greek colonial settlement in Magna Graecia on the Strait of Messina from the early 1st millennium BCE thru the Hellenistic, Ancient Roman, Byzantine Roman and medieval epochs.
Origin
- Ancient GreekῬήγιον
- LatinRhēgium
- Late LatinRēgium
- Old ItalianReggio
- ItalianReggio Calabria
- EnglishReggio 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.
More words from Italian, Old Italian, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον, Ῥήγιον
- Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion)province
- Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion)capital
French Reggio de Calabre, Reggio de Calabre
- Reggio de Calabreprovince
- Reggio de Calabrecapital
Greek Ρήγιο, Ρέτζο-Καλάμπρια
- Ρήγιο (Rígio)province
- Ρέτζο-Καλάμπρια (Rétzo-Kalámpria)province
- Ρήγιο (Rígio)capital
Italian Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria
- Reggio Calabriaprovince
- Reggio Calabriacapital
Latin Rhēgium, Rēgium
- Rhēgiumprovince
- Rēgiumprovince
- Rhēgiumcapital
- Rēgiumcapital
Portuguese Régio da Calábria, Régio da Calábria
- Régio da Calábriaprovince
- Régio da Calábriacapital
Spanish Regio de Calabria, Regio de Calabria
- Regio de Calabriaprovince
- Regio de Calabriacapital
Cite this entry
APA
Reggio Calabria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reggio%20Calabria
MLA
“Reggio Calabria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reggio%20Calabria. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Reggio Calabria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reggio%20Calabria.
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