Reggio

Reggio, an Italian seaport; capital of a province of the same name; occupies a charming site on the Strait of Messina; built on the ruins of ancient Rhegium; is the seat of an archbishop; manufactures silks, gloves, hose, &c.

Population (circa 1900) given as 24,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)