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'''Calabria'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|UK|k|ə|ˈ|l|æ|b|r|i|ə}} {{respell|kə|LAB|ree|ə}},<ref>{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries|Calabria |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Collins">{{cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/calabria |title=Calabria |work=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501195919/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/calabria |url-status=live }}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|-|ˈ|l|eɪ|b|-|,_|-|ˈ|l|ɑː|b|-}} {{respell|-|LAYB|-,_-|LAHB|-}},<ref name="Collins"/><ref name="MerWeb">{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Calabria |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|it|kaˈlaːbrja|lang}}; {{lang-nap|label=[[Northern Calabrian]]|Calàbbria}}; {{lang-scn|label=[[Central-Southern Calabrian]]|Calàvria}}; {{lang-aae|Kalavrì}}; {{lang-el|label=[[Calabrian Greek]]|Καλαβρία|Kalavría}}.}} is a [[Regions of Italy|region]] in [[southernSouthern Italy]]. It is a peninsula bordered by [[Basilicata]] to the north, the [[Ionian Sea]] to the east, the [[Strait of Messina]] to the southwest, which separates it from [[Sicily]], and the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] to the west. It has almost 2 million residents across a total area of {{cvt|15222|km2|sqmi}}. [[Catanzaro]] is the region's capital.
 
Calabria is the birthplace of the [[name of Italy]],<ref>Guillotining, M., History of Earliest Italy, trans. Ryle, M & Soper, K. in Jerome Lectures, Diciassettesima serie, p.50</ref> given to it by the [[Ancient Greeks]] who settled in this land starting from the [[8th century BC]]. They established the first cities, mainly on the coast, as [[Greek colonisation|Greek colonies]] and during this period Calabria became the home of key figures in history such as [[Pythagoras]], [[Herodotus]] and [[Milo of Croton|Milo]].