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Campania

Campania

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A region in southwest Italy on the Tyrrhenian coast that includes Capri and Ischia
  • proper noun
translation icon : Campania
  • You can distinctly feel the difference in temperature between Tuscany and the region of Campania, where the Amalfi coast is situated.
  • Campania region
  • Calabria and Campania
  • Sicily, Calabria, and Campania

Examples

  • In Basilicata and Campania, more than 77,000 homes were destroyed and 755,000 were damaged.

  • At Noranda, Quebec, Giuseppe Caruso, a native of Campania who had worked as a miner in northern Europe for several years before coming to Canada, watched a close friend die in just this fashion shortly after the man's arrival in Canada.

    Academic text (1991)

  • However, when he when he ruled, he brought in some Italian mercenaries, some Oscan speaking troops from Campania known as the Mamertines.

  • Castricius moved to his farm in Campania and let his vegetarianism lapse, and Porphyry stayed in Rome to think and write.

    Academic text (2008)

  • By 600 B.C., their power was at its zenith, and the Etruscans had become the dominant cultural and political force in Italy, expanding their reach north of the Arno into the Po Valley, south into Rome, and down into Campania.

    Academic text (2010)

  • He recommends starting off with a sunny, slightly effervescent Gragnano Frizzante from southern Campania and then moving on to a rich, full-bodied wine like a Barolo from the Piemonte region.

    Blog text (29)

  • The restaurant specializes in the gutsy cuisine of Campania, the area around Naples that encompasses Capri and the Amalfi Coast.

  • Italy first declared a state of emergency for its waste in Naples and the Campania region in 1994.

Surface Forms

Campania main

Etymology

The word Campania comes from Latin and is built on campus, which means 'field' or 'plain', just like English campus. So Campania is the 'land of fields' in Italy, a flat and fertile region by the sea.