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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.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

"In simple terms, it's an interaction between light and magnetism," says Dr. Capua.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2025

Originally from Thrace or Greece, Spartacus was enslaved after being captured in battle and was trained as a gladiator in Capua in central Italy.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

According to Domani's director Stefano Feltri, at the time of the prisoners' protest over conditions at Santa Maria Capua Vetere the jail lacked face masks, drinking water and clean linen.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2021

From Capua to Naples, the distance is but fifteen miles, over a flat, uninteresting country.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

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