Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia ( UK : / ˌ m æ ɡ n ə ˈɡr iːs iə , _ _ _ - MAG -nə GREE -see - ə MAG - ⁠ - shə, US : /- ˈɡr eɪ ʃə / - GRAY ⁠ shə, Latin: [ˈmaŋna ˈɡrae̯ki.a] ; Ancient Greek     , Greek: [/ me.ɡá.lɛː hel.lás/] ;  lit. ' Mafi girma[er] Girka ' ; Italiyanci   , Italian: [ˈmaɲɲa ˈɡrɛʧa] ) shine sunan da Rumawa suka ba wa yankunan bakin teku na Kudancin Italiya a cikin yankunan Italiya da keCalabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania da Sicily: mafiya yawanan mazauna yankin sun kasance 'yan asalin kasar Girka ne. Waɗannan mazauna, waɗanda suka fara zuwa yankin a cikin karni na 8 BC, sun kawo wayewarsu ta Hellenic, wanda ya bar alama ta  dindindin a Italiya (kamar al'adun tsohuwar Roma ). Har ila yau, sun rinjayi 'yan asalin ƙasar, irin su Sicels da Oenotrians, waɗanda  aka mayar dasu mabiya Hellniyanci  bayan sun ɗauki al'adun Girkanci a matsayin nasu.

Kalmar Girkanci , daga baya aka fassara shei zuwa Latinwato  , ya fara bayyana a cikin Tarihin Polybius,  inda ya danganta kalmar ga Pythagoras da makarantarsa ta falsafa.   Strabo ya kuma yi amfani da kalmar don yin nuni ga girman yankin da Girkawa suka ci, kuma mawaƙin Romawa Ovid ya yi amfani da kalmar a cikin waƙarsa Fasti.

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