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Capua

American  
[kap-yoo-uh, kah-pwah] / ˈkæp ju ə, ˈkɑ pwɑ /

noun

  1. a town in NW Campania, in S Italy, N of Naples.


Capua British  
/ ˈkapua, ˈkæpjʊə /

noun

  1. a town in S Italy, in NW Campania: strategically important in ancient times, situated on the Appian Way. Pop: 19 041 (2001)

"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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Instead, they had to be calculating and ruthless, making DeKnight’s Real Housewives of Capua far more interesting to follow over the long haul than, say, Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, the “Gladiator” movies’ delicate, doomed matriarch.

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From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

Spartacus’s revolt began in 73 BCE, in Capua in central Italy.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

His motivation didn’t matter to Capua, who was elated by the sudden broad support for data sharing.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2023

John, of Capua, an Italian Jewish convert in the thirteenth century.

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