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'ndrangheta
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'Ndrangheta
Italian
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Etymology
it. Borrowed from a Calabrian term, mainly: scn ndrànghita, scn ntrànghita; also scn ntràgnita~scn nnràgnita or scn ntrànghita~scn ntrànchita. Perhaps related to grc ἀνδραγαθία valour/valor”, “prowess, or to la interanea bowels”, in the transferred sense of “sharing a deep, exclusive bond.
Pronunciation
n.dràngheta
Noun
f -
organized crime organization, centered in Calabria
Derived terms
it 'ndranghetista
it 'ndrina
See also
it mafia
it Crime