Calabrian

Examples

• All

• I say that I am of a people, Calabrians, who endured millennia of obstacles, and that pazienza, patience, had to be their motto.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Tell it to the Calabrian.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The same pazienza required and learned as that which served the old Calabrians in their fields of stone.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And beside me shines the Calabrian Abbott Joachim, who was endowed with a spirit of prophecy.

• The sailors that manned the Norman ships were Calabrians, Bariots, and, according to William of Apulia, captive Greeks who were forced to serve in the fleet, while the marines were Normans.

  Academic text (2010)

• My friend is a proud Calabrian who loves sharing stories about his hometown in Italy.

• The delicious cuisine of a Calabrian restaurant drew in many local food lovers.

• During the festival, we enjoyed traditional music performed by talented Calabrian musicians.

Synonyms

I

Italian

vsCalabrian

171 1.0

A person from Italy or with family from Italy

is narrower in scope meaning someone from a specific southern region

C

Calabrese

vsCalabrian

2 7.4

A person from Calabria in southern Italy or something relating to its culture

has identical meaning but is the English form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology