Capua

American

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

noun

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

Capua British

/ ˈkapua, ˈkæpjʊə /

noun

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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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

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

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

The Empire was Capua, nay, it was Gomorrha; we are France.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith

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