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Capri

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Ca·pri  (k-pr, kpr, käpr)
An island of southern Italy on the southern edge of the Bay of Naples. A popular resort since Roman times, it is famous for its Blue Grotto, a picturesque cave indenting the island's high, precipitous coast.
Capri [kəˈpriː (Italian) ˈkapri]
n
(Placename) an island off W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: resort since Roman times. Pop.: 8000 (latest est.). Area: about 13 sq. km (5 sq. miles)
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Noun1.CapriCapri - an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery
Campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia
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They even put a policeman on board of our boat to keep an eye on us as long as we were in the Capri dominions.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
For the present Lord Steyne lives at Naples, preferring the view of the Bay and Capri and Vesuvius to the dreary aspect of the wall in Gaunt Square.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
He said that he had booked two berths to Naples, that we were bound for Capri, which was clearly the island of the Lotos-eaters, that we would bask there together, "and for a while forget.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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