Reggio Calabria

[ red-jaw kah-lah-bryah ]

noun

1. a seaport in S Italy, on the Strait of Messina: almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1908.

Example Sentences

The increased mortality rate was particularly evident in southern cities such as Bari, Catania, and Reggio Calabria.

From Reuters

The proposed 3.3-kilometer suspension bridge linking Sicily’s Messina and Reggio Calabria on the mainland has been an on-again, off-again dream of a succession of conservative governments - Benito Mussolini and Silvio Berlusconi among them - but has never materialized due to concerns about cost, earthquakes, the environmental impact and fear of Mafia involvement.

From Washington Times

One coastguard vessel brought 584 people to the city of Reggio Calabria, while another escorted a packed fishing boat carrying 487 migrants into the port of Crotone, close to the scene of a Feb. 26 shipwreck that killed at least 74 people.

From Reuters

Three of the ships — the Humanity I, carrying 179 migrants; the Geo Barents, with 572; and the Rise Above, with 89 — were eventually allowed to dock in Catania and Reggio Calabria, with their passengers permitted to disembark.

From New York Times

On the same day, RiseAbove, a rescue ship of German charity Mission Lifeline, was allowed to enter the port of Reggio Calabria and disembark 89 people it had picked up in the Mediterranean.

From Reuters