Campanian
Americannoun
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a geological age within the Late Cretaceous period.
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a person from the Campania region in southern Italy.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Originally, Napoli was to play a home match against fellow Campanian club and rival Salernitana on Saturday, but the game was moved to Sunday for safety reasons.
From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2023
Added bonus: The book includes recipes for continental snacks of the artichoke-olive-and-cured meat variety, to further allow you to feel as if you’re at a cafe table out in the Campanian sun.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2016
What we argue in the new paper is that several of the faunas are upper Campanian or lower Maastrichtian, and thus date to perhaps 72 Ma or so.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2015
I bought a good selection of Campanian wines from a new wine shop, San Pietro Wine and Spirits in Tuckahoe, New York.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 16, 2011
It has been supposed that he was a Campanian by birth, on the authority of Aulus Gellius, who characterised his famous epitaph as 'plenum superbiae Campanae.'
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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