'ndrangheta

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Etymology

Uncertain. Borrowed from a Calabrian term, mainly: ndrànghita, ntrànghita; also Sicilian ntràgnita~nnràgnita or ntrànghita~ntrànchita. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ἀνδραγαθία (andragathía, “valour/valor”, “prowess”), or to Latin interanea (“bowels”, in the transferred sense of “sharing a deep, exclusive bond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈndran.ɡe.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anɡeta
  • Hyphenation: 'ndràn‧ghe‧ta

Noun

'ndrangheta f (uncountable)

  1. organized crime organization, centered in Calabria

Derived terms

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