Cam·pa·ni·a (k m-p  n - , -pny, käm-pänyä) A region of southern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Inhabited in ancient times by Italic tribes, Greek colonists, Etruscans, and Samnites, it was conquered by Rome in the fourth century b.c. Campania joined Italy in 1860 as part of the kingdom of Naples. |
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| Noun | 1. | Campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD Capri - an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery Ischia - a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples Oscan - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania Samnite - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans |
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