Capua

American  

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

noun

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

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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)

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Example Sentences

In Lucretia’s Rome – or, rather, Capua – we’re invited to marvel at the women wielding influence from the shadows.

From Salon

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.

From Salon

Ashur’s juggling for a spot on the bill at the big arena brings him into contact with the hoi polloi of Capua, the town where the story takes place; they generally regard him as something to avoid stepping in.

From Los Angeles Times

Capua explains, "In other words, light doesn't just illuminate matter, it magnetically influences it."

From Science Daily

The study, led by Dr. Amir Capua and Benjamin Assouline of the university's Institute of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, offers the first theoretical evidence that the oscillating magnetic field of light contributes directly to the Faraday Effect.

From Science Daily