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
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
The first Campanian winery of note was Mastroberardino in Avellina, which in the 1970s pioneered the red wines of taurasi and ancient near-defunct white varietals like fiano.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 16, 2011
The grounds of the villas which, in thick succession, lined the Laurentine or Campanian shore, cannot have been very extensive.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
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