Capua

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

noun

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

Capua

/ ˈkapua; ˈkæpjʊə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

In 2006, Ilaria Capua, an Italian veterinary scientist who had sequenced the first H5N1 virus from Africa, raised the alarm about the lack of openness after learning that 15 flu labs were quietly sharing sequences in a password-protected database.

From Science Magazine

Capua didn’t really understand what moved Bogner to become a science diplomat.

From Science Magazine

His motivation didn’t matter to Capua, who was elated by the sudden broad support for data sharing.

From Science Magazine

Several months of behind-the-scenes diplomacy resulted in an August 2006 letter to Nature signed by Bogner, Capua, Cox, and David Lipman, then-director of the U.S.

From Science Magazine

In The Hanged Man, historian Robert Bartlett wrote mostly about the miraculous survival of a Welsh brigand, but he also mentioned several other cases that took place elsewhere, such as the Italian story of a man named Cecco, who was hanged in the town of Capua along with a thief.

From Slate