Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian
Greece
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) or in
Calabrian Greek
Calabrian Greek (endonym: , ; Griko
Griko (endonym: /), sometimes spelled Grico, is one of the two dialects of Italiot Greek (the other being Calabrian Greek or ), spoken by Griko people in Salento, province of Lecce, Italy. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek ...
-speaking areas in southern
Italy
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, the other being
Grecìa Salentina
Grecìa Salentina (Griko for "Salento, Salentine Greece") is an area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce which is inhabited by the Griko people, an ethnic Greek people, Greek minority in southern Italy who spea ...
. It is located at the tip of
Calabria
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, near Reggio, and consists of nine villages. Its population is significantly smaller than the one of Grecìa Salentina.
It consists of the villages:
* Bova (
Calabrian Greek
Calabrian Greek (endonym: , ; Bova Marina (Greek ''Jalo tu Vùa'') (3870 inhabitants)
* Palizzi (''Spiròpoli'') and Palizzi Marina,
* Condofuri (''Kontofyria'', or ''Kontochòri'', meaning «near the village»)
* Gallicianò and Amendolea,
* Roccaforte del Greco (Greek ''Vuni'')
*
Roghudi
Roghudi (, or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italy, Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria.
It consists of two main centers separa ...