Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian
Greece
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), is one of the two remaining
Griko
Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce) and (also called Grecanic) in Calabria. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it ( el, ...
-speaking areas in southern
Italy
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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
The Calabrian dialect of Greek, or Bova Marina (Greek ''Jalo tu Vùa'') (3870 inhabitants)
* Palizzi (''Spiròpoli'') and Palizzi Marina,
*
Condofuri
Condofuri ( el, label=Calabrian Greek, Κοντοχώρι, translit=Kontochṓri) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reg ...
(''Kontofyria'', or ''Kontochòri'', meaning «near the village»)
* Gallicianò and
Amendolea
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Roghudi
Roghudi ( el, label=Calabrian Greek, Ροχούδι, Richùdi, or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio C ...