Capua

[ kap-yoo-uh; Italian kah-pwah ]

/ ˈkæp yu ə; Italian ˈkɑ pwɑ /

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

Example sentences from the Web for capua

Cajazzo was captured, and the force in front of Capua obliged to retire under the guns of the citadel.

Out with Garibaldi |G. A. Henty
But what a position that of Capua was, according to later ideas, is shown by its revival after the Hannibalian war.

Studies of Travel: Italy |Edward A. Freeman
Both were Neroniani; that is, from the training school for gladiators founded by Nero, apparently at Capua.

Pompeii, Its Life and Art |August Mau
I am happy in Capua, and the thought of once more engaging with Goats and Gibsons et hoc genus omne makes me sick.

Lord Randolph Churchill |Winston Spencer Churchill

The site was only occupied in the late middle ages by a village which has, however, outgrown the medieval Capua in modern days.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 |Various

Capua

/ (ˈkæpjʊə, Italian ˈkapua) /

a town in S Italy, in NW Campania: strategically important in ancient times, situated on the Appian Way. Pop: 19 041 (2001)