Capuana

/ kaˈpwaːna /

noun

CapuanaLuigi18391915MItalianWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: critic Luigi. 1839–1915, Italian realist novelist, dramatist, and critic. His works include the novel Giacinta (1879) and the play Malia (1895)

The second school of this kind organized was that of San Onofrio a Capuana, in 1576.

She was about to throw up her engagement, and actually did so, when she was at the Porta-Capuana.

Porta Capuana is a quarter of Naples where street singers congregate.

"We are going now to Porta Capuana, songstress," he laughingly replied.

I pursued the boy, caught him under the Porta Capuana, and bought his pamphlet.

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