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Campania

American  
[kam-pey-nee-uh, -peyn-yuh, kahm-pah-nyah] / kæmˈpeɪ ni ə, -ˈpeɪn yə, kɑmˈpɑ nyɑ /

noun

  1. a region in SW Italy. 5,214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Naples.


Campania British  
/ kæmˈpeɪnɪə, kamˈpaɲɲa /

noun

  1. a region of SW Italy: includes the islands of Capri and Ischia. Chief town: Naples. Pop.: 5 725 098 (2003 est). Area: 13 595 sq km (5248 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hazardous waste -- often from Italy's wealthy north -- has long been set alight or buried in the area around Acerra, a city near Naples, in the southern region of Campania.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The tomatoes in question are a premium variety that can be grown only in Italy’s Campania region and are recognized by the food industry as the “Ferrari or Prada” of tomatoes, the lawsuit claims.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Some 5,000 miles from Wall Street, Matarazzo was in the province of Campania with his grandparents, figuring out his life on a hazelnut farm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Vincenzo de Luca, who runs the Campania region, insists that the concert at the Un'Estate da RE festival later this month will go ahead despite a growing swell of criticism.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

W. of Neapolis, on the W. coast of Campania, on a volcanic eminence, overlooking the plain traversed by the Volturno.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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