CAMPANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Campania mean? 

• CAMPANIA (noun)
  The noun CAMPANIA has 1 sense:

1. a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia

  Familiarity information: CAMPANIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMPANIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Campania"):

Naples; Napoli (a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region)

Capri (an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery)

Ischia (a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples)

Meronyms (members of "Campania"):

Oscan (an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania)

Samnite (an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans)

Holonyms ("Campania" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)