Crotone

A town and associated province of Calabria, Italy.


Cosenza

en-proper noun

Cosenza (countable and uncountable, plural Cosenzas)


Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.

Cosenza (a town and province of Calabria, Italy)


Cosenza

Cosenza (a city and province of Calabria, Italy)


Catanzaro

Catanzaro (a city and province of Calabria, Italy)


Vibo Valentia

la-proper noun

Vibō Valentia f sg (variously declined, genitive Vibōnis Valentiae); third declension, first declension

Vibō Valentia (canonical feminine singular)
Vibōnis Valentiae (genitive)
Vibō Valentia (nominative singular)
Vibōnis Valentiae (genitive singular)
Vibōnī Valentiae (dative singular)
Vibōnem Valentiam (accusative singular)
Vibōne Valentiā (ablative singular)
Vibō Valentia (singular vocative)
Vibōnī Valentiae (locative singular)
Vibōne Valentiae (locative singular)

[ˈu̯ɪboː u̯äˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]

Latinization of Italian Vibo Valentia, itself a Classicalizing compound of the Latin names Vibō and Valentia. The former name of the city, in Italian Monteleone, was Mons Leōnis

Ipsius verò Vibonis Valentiæ totus murorum ambitus, secundum Mazzella in historia Regni, & Capialbum de Monteleone, ad octo mill. pass. colligit, […]

1710, Giuseppe Bisogni de Gatti, Hipponii, seu Vibonis Valentiae, vel Montisleonis, page 58:

1878, Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, Sylloge inscriptionum Oscarum ad archetyporum et librorum fidem, page 106

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

nota in nummis Bruttiorum oppidi Vibonis Valentiae quod nunc Monteleone vocatur posita.

Inventa prope Vibonis Valentiae portum a. 1835, nunc cum aliis in meo museo adservatur CAP.

1890, Inscriptiones Graecae: Inscriptiones Italiae et Siciliae ..., page 156

(Contemporary Latin) Vibo Valentia (a town in Calabria, Italy)


Lao

From Latin Laus, from Ancient Greek Λαός (Laós), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), common in hydronyms. The first vowel may have derived from an O-grade or from the zero-grade, depending on the language it was borrowed through.


Paola

en-proper noun

Paola (countable and uncountable, plural Paolas)

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.


Paola

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Κρότων

grc-proper noun

Κρότων • (Krótōn) f (genitive Κρότωνος); third declension

Krótōn (romanization)
Κρότωνος (genitive)
ὁ Κρότων (nominative singular)
τοῦ Κρότωνος (genitive singular)
τῷ Κρότωνῐ (dative singular)
τὸν Κρότωνᾰ (accusative singular)
Κρότων (singular vocative)

Greek: Κρότωνας (Krótonas)

→ Latin: Crotō, Crotōn

Italian: Crotone, Cotrone

Sicilian: Cutrona

Unknown, possibly related with Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn).

Croton, Crotone (a city in Calabria, Italy)


Θούριοι

Θούρῐοι • (Thoúrĭoi) m pl (genitive Θουρῐ́ων); second declension

Θούρῐοι (canonical)
Thoúrĭoi (romanization)
Θουρῐ́ων (genitive)
οἱ Θούρῐοι (nominative plural)
τῶν Θουρῐ́ων (genitive plural)
τοῖς Θουρῐ́οις (dative plural)
τοὺς Θουρῐ́ους (accusative plural)
Θούρῐοι (plural vocative)

Greek: Θούριοι (Thoúrioi)

Latin: Thūriī

Thurii (an ancient city in Magna Graecia, near modern Sibari, Calabria, Italy)


Scilla

From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

A town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Lazzaro

Motta San Giovanni
Motta San Giovanni#English

A hamlet in the comune of Motta San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Reggio Calabria

From Italian Reggio Calabria, Old Italian Reggio from Late Latin Rēgium, Latin Rhēgium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Reggio Calabria (a historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy).

Reggio Calabria (a city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy).


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 Italian Unification.

Reggio Calabria (a historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy)

Reggio Calabria (a city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy)


Aspromonte

Compound of aspro (“rugged”) + monte (“mountain”). The first element could also derive from Greek άσπρος (áspros, “white”), since Griko language is attested in Calabria.

com+

A mountain in Calabria, which overlooks the city of Reggio Calabria


Sila

la-proper noun

Sīla f sg (genitive Sīlae); first declension

Sīla (canonical feminine singular)
Sīlae (genitive)
Sīla (nominative singular)
Sīlae (genitive singular)
Sīlae (dative singular)
Sīlam (accusative singular)
Sīlā (ablative singular)
Sīla (singular vocative)

A forest in southern Bruttium, modern Calabria, Italy, that provided pitch and timber


Uria

Uria f sg (genitive Uriae); first declension

Uriae (genitive)
Uria (nominative singular)
Uriae (genitive singular)
Uriae (dative singular)
Uriam (accusative singular)
Uriā (ablative singular)
Uria (singular vocative)
Uriae (locative singular)


Arena

A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Filadelfia

A town and municipality of the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy.


Filadelfia

Filadelfia (a town and municipality of the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy)


Acri

en-proper noun

Acri (countable and uncountable, plural Acris)


Acri

Acri (a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy)


Palmi

A small town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria


Canna

A town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.


Locri

From Latin Locri, from Ancient Greek Λοκροί (Lokroí).


Amphissa

la-proper noun

Amphissa f sg (genitive Amphissae); first declension

Amphissae (genitive)
Amphissa (nominative singular)
Amphissae (genitive singular)
Amphissae (dative singular)
Amphissam (accusative singular)
Amphissā (ablative singular)
Amphissa (singular vocative)
Amphissae (locative singular)

[ämˈpʰɪs̠ːä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμφισσα (Ámphissa).

a promontory of Bruttium in modern region of Calabria, Italy


Soletum

Soletum n sg (genitive Soletī); second declension

Soletī (genitive)
Soletum (nominative singular)
Soletī (genitive singular)
Soletō (dative singular)
Soletum (accusative singular)
Soletō (ablative singular)
Soletum (singular vocative)
Soletī (locative singular)

A town in interior Calabria situated near Lupiae, now Soleto


Fratuentium

Fratuentium n sg (genitive Fratuentiī or Fratuentī); second declension

Fratuentiī (genitive)
Fratuentī (genitive)
Fratuentium (nominative singular)
Fratuentiī (genitive singular)
Fratuentī (genitive singular)
Fratuentiō (dative singular)
Fratuentium (accusative singular)
Fratuentiō (ablative singular)
Fratuentium (singular vocative)
Fratuentiī (locative singular)

A town in interior Calabria situated near Lupiae and Soletum


Callipolis

Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension

Callipolis (genitive)
Callipolis (nominative singular)
Callipolis (genitive singular)
Callipolī (dative singular)
Callipolim (accusative singular)
Callipolin (accusative singular)
Callipolī (ablative singular)
Callipolis (singular vocative)
Callipolī (singular vocative)
Callipolī (locative singular)

desctree

Italian: Gallipoli
→ English: Gallipoli
→ Portuguese: Galípoli

[kälˈlʲɪpɔlʲɪs̠]

From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

A maritime city in Calabria, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, now Gallipoli


Basta

la-proper noun

Basta f sg (genitive Bastae); first declension

Bastae (genitive)
Basta (nominative singular)
Bastae (genitive singular)
Bastae (dative singular)
Bastam (accusative singular)
Bastā (ablative singular)
Basta (singular vocative)
Bastae (locative singular)

A town in Calabria, situated between Hydruntum and the Iapygian promontory, now the small village of Vaste


Balesium

Balesium n sg (genitive Balesiī or Balesī); second declension

Balesiī (genitive)
Balesī (genitive)
Balesium (nominative singular)
Balesiī (genitive singular)
Balesī (genitive singular)
Balesiō (dative singular)
Balesium (accusative singular)
Balesiō (ablative singular)
Balesium (singular vocative)
Balesiī (locative singular)

A town in interior Calabria situated between Lupiae and Brundisium


Caelia

Caelia f sg (genitive Caeliae); first declension

Caeliae (genitive)
Caelia (nominative singular)
Caeliae (genitive singular)
Caeliae (dative singular)
Caeliam (accusative singular)
Caeliā (ablative singular)
Caelia (singular vocative)
Caeliae (locative singular)

From Proto-Italic *kailia, which probably also gave the name Celia in Peuceti, of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is unclear; compare caelum (“heaven”).

A town in interior Calabria, now Ceglie Messapica


Rudiae

Rudiae f pl (genitive Rudiārum); first declension

Rudiārum (genitive)
Rudiae (nominative plural)
Rudiārum (genitive plural)
Rudiīs (dative plural)
Rudiās (accusative plural)
Rudiīs (ablative plural)
Rudiae (plural vocative)
Rudiīs (locative plural)

A city in Calabria situated near Lupiae and birthplace of Ennius


Pactius

Pactius m sg (genitive Pactiī or Pactī); second declension

Pactiī (genitive)
Pactī (genitive)
Pactius (nominative singular)
Pactiī (genitive singular)
Pactī (genitive singular)
Pactiō (dative singular)
Pactium (accusative singular)
Pactiō (ablative singular)
Pactī (singular vocative)

A river in Calabria, now the Canale Reale


Sturnium

Stūrnium n sg (genitive Stūrniī or Stūrnī); second declension

Stūrnium (canonical neuter singular)
Stūrniī (genitive)
Stūrnī (genitive)
Stūrnium (nominative singular)
Stūrniī (genitive singular)
Stūrnī (genitive singular)
Stūrniō (dative singular)
Stūrnium (accusative singular)
Stūrniō (ablative singular)
Stūrnium (singular vocative)
Stūrniī (locative singular)


Bova

A town in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Capobianco

en-proper noun

Capobianco (countable and uncountable, plural Capobiancos)

Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Isola di Capo Rizzuto#English

A village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy


Capobianco

From capo + bianco.
* (surname): From the nickname for a white-haired person

Capobianco (a village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy)


Nicastro

Italian: habitational name from the city Nicastro in the Catanzaro province of southern Italy named from Latin Neocastrum ‘new camp’ from medieval Greek Neokastron ‘new castle.’


Belcastro

From bel (“beautiful”) + castro (“castle”).

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Badolato

Probably from Latin vadum (“ford”) + latus (“broad”).


Sinopoli

A town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Mangone

Most likely and in most cases, Mangone seems to represent a word that is widespread in the South of Italy for “left-handed” or “awkward.” In Calabria, it could also derive from the placename Mangone in the province of Cosenza, which in turn may represent L. mango, “slavetrader.” In some cases it could be related to the French surname Mangon, “butcher.” On the other hand, Michele Francipane in his Dizionario dei cognomi italiani (2005) connects Mangone unequivocally with It. mangano, "mangle," as it relates to the manufacture of cloth.


Hyria

la-proper noun

Hyria f sg (genitive Hyriae); first declension

Hyriae (genitive)
Hyria (nominative singular)
Hyriae (genitive singular)
Hyriae (dative singular)
Hyriam (accusative singular)
Hyriā (ablative singular)
Hyria (singular vocative)
Hyriae (locative singular)

A city in interior Calabria, situated between Tarentum and Brundisium, now Oria


Καυλωνία

grc-proper noun

Καυλωνίᾱ • (Kaulōníā) f (genitive Καυλωνίᾱς); first declension

Καυλωνίᾱ (canonical)
Kaulōníā (romanization)
Καυλωνίᾱς (genitive)
ἡ Καυλωνίᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Καυλωνίᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Καυλωνίᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Καυλωνίᾱν (accusative singular)
Καυλωνίᾱ (singular vocative)

Latin: Caulōnia

Caulonia (a city on the east coast of Calabria, ancient Bruttium)


Nicotera

A town in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Neretum

la-proper noun

Nerētum n sg (genitive Nerētī); second declension

Nerētum (canonical neuter singular)
Nerētī (genitive)
Nerētum (nominative singular)
Nerētī (genitive singular)
Nerētō (dative singular)
Nerētum (accusative singular)
Nerētō (ablative singular)
Nerētum (singular vocative)
Nerētī (locative singular)

[nɛˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

A town in Calabria, now Nardò in Salento


Leuca

Leuca f sg (genitive Leucae); first declension

Leucae (genitive)
Leuca (nominative singular)
Leucae (genitive singular)
Leucae (dative singular)
Leucam (accusative singular)
Leucā (ablative singular)
Leuca (singular vocative)
Leucae (locative singular)

From Ancient Greek Λευκά (Leuká), from λευκός (leukós, “white”).

A town in Calabria situated on the southernmost point of Salento


Tropea

en-proper noun

Tropea (countable and uncountable, plural Tropeas)

A municipality in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Minervium

la-proper noun

Minervium n sg (genitive Minerviī or Minervī); second declension

Minerviī (genitive)
Minervī (genitive)
Minervium (nominative singular)
Minerviī (genitive singular)
Minervī (genitive singular)
Minerviō (dative singular)
Minervium (accusative singular)
Minerviō (ablative singular)
Minervium (singular vocative)
Minerviī (locative singular)

[mɪˈnɛru̯iʊ̃ˑ]


Villa San Giovanni

A town, a comune and port in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.


Belsito

From bel (“nice, beautiful”) + sito (“place, location, site”).


Sersale

A town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy


Francavilla Angitola

A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Catacium

la-proper noun

Catacium n sg (genitive Cataciī or Catacī); second declension

Cataciī (genitive)
Catacī (genitive)
Catacium (nominative singular)
Cataciī (genitive singular)
Catacī (genitive singular)
Cataciō (dative singular)
Catacium (accusative singular)
Cataciō (ablative singular)
Catacium (singular vocative)
Cataciī (locative singular)

[käˈt̪äkiʊ̃ˑ]


Aprigliano

A village in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy