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
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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
This idea seems logical when we think of, say, the contemporaneous hadrosaur and ceratopsian species that lived in close proximity in Campanian Laramidia.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2012
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
The palaces of the wealthy in Rome were supplemented by villas in the Sabine hills, in the watering places of the Campanian coast, and other attractive points.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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