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campania

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Cam⋅pa⋅ni⋅a

  [kam-pey-nee-uh, -peyn-yuh; It. kahm-pah-nyah]
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a region in SW Italy. 5,346,828; 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
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Cam⋅pa⋅ni⋅an, adjective, noun
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Cam·pa·ni·a   (kām-pā'nē-ə, -pān'yə, käm-pä'nyä)   
A region of southern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Inhabited in ancient times by Italic tribes, Greek colonists, Etruscans, and Samnites, it was conquered by Rome in the fourth century B.C. Campania joined Italy in 1860 as part of the kingdom of Naples.
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