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Calabrian

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kəˈleɪbɹiːən/
  • /kəˈlæbɹiːən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from or relating to Calabria, Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Calabrese

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language varieties of the Calabrian people; considered (depending on the area) dialects of Neapolitan or Sicilian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, geography, geology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Calabria, Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Calabria + -an.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: calabrès — from Calabria
  • Friulian: calabrês — from Calabria
  • Galician: calabrés — from Calabria
  • German: kalabrisch — from Calabria
  • Greek: καλαβρέζικος (kalavrézikos) — from Calabria
  • Italian: calabrese — from Calabria
  • Marathi: कलेब्रियन (kalebriyan) — from Calabria
  • Portuguese: calábrico — from Calabria
  • Portuguese: calabrês — from Calabria
  • Romanian: calabrez — from Calabria
  • Russian: калабри́йский (kalabríjskij) — from Calabria
  • Sicilian: calabbrisi — from Calabria
  • Spanish: calabrés — from Calabria
  • Catalan: calabrès — language
  • Galician: calabrés — language
  • German: Kalabrisch — language
  • Marathi: कलेब्रियन (kalebriyan) — language
  • Portuguese: calabrês — language
  • Romanian: calabreză — language
  • Spanish: calabrés — language
  • Catalan: calabrià — subdivision of the Pleistocene
  • German: Calabrium — subdivision of the Pleistocene
  • Polish: kalabr — subdivision of the Pleistocene
  • Catalan: calabrès — inhabitant of Calabria
  • French: calabrais — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Galician: calabrés — inhabitant of Calabria
  • German: Kalabrier — inhabitant of Calabria
  • German: Kalabrierin — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Greek: Καλαβρός (Kalavrós) — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Greek: Καλαβρέζος (Kalavrézos) — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Greek: Καλαβρή (Kalavrí) — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Greek: Καλαβρέζα (Kalavréza) — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Italian: calabrese — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Latin: Calabriense — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Latin: Calabriensis — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Marathi: कलेब्रियन (kalebriyan) — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Portuguese: calabrês — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Romanian: calabrez — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Romanian: calabreză — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Sicilian: calabbrisi — inhabitant of Calabria
  • Spanish: calabrés — inhabitant of Calabria
Real reading context

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