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Campania

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

An administrative region of southern Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A town in the City of Clarence and the Southern Midlands council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Open country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Italian region

History

Etymology

From Italian Campania, borrowed from Latin Campānia. Doublet of Champagne.

From Italian campagna, respelled after its etymon Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”) (compare the region Campania), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campaign, campagna, and champagne.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kampanië — region of Italy
  • Arabic: كامبانيا (kāmbāniyā) — region of Italy
  • Arabic: كمبانية (kambāniya) — region of Italy
  • Arabic: قمبانية (qambāniya) — region of Italy
  • Armenian: Կամպանիա (Kampania) — region of Italy
  • Bulgarian: Кампа́ния (Kampánija) — region of Italy
  • Catalan: Campània — region of Italy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坎帕尼亞 /坎帕尼亚 (Kǎnpàníyà) — region of Italy
  • Danish: Campanien — region of Italy
  • Dutch: Campanië — region of Italy
  • French: Campanie — region of Italy
  • West-Frisian: Kampaanje — region of Italy
  • Friulian: Campanie — region of Italy
  • Galician: Campania — region of Italy
  • Georgian: კამპანია (ḳamṗania) — region of Italy
  • Georgian: კამპანიის რეგიონი (ḳamṗaniis regioni) — region of Italy
  • German: Kampanien — region of Italy
  • Greek: Καμπανία (Kampanía) — region of Italy
  • Italian: Campania — region of Italy
  • Japanese: カンパニア (Kanpania) — region of Italy
  • Latin: Campānia — region of Italy
  • Marathi: कांपान्या (kāmpānyā) — region of Italy
  • Neapolitan: Campania — region of Italy
  • Occitan: Campània — region of Italy
  • Portuguese: Campânia — region of Italy
  • Portuguese: Campanha — region of Italy
  • Russian: Кампа́ния (Kampánija) — region of Italy
  • Sardinian: Campània — region of Italy
  • Sardinian: Campania — region of Italy
  • Scots: Campanie — region of Italy
  • Sicilian: Campània — region of Italy
  • Sicilian: Campagna — region of Italy
  • Spanish: Campania — region of Italy
  • Swedish: Kampanien — region of Italy
  • Thai: คัมปาเนีย — region of Italy
  • Ukrainian: Кампа́нія (Kampánija) — region of Italy
  • Venetan: Canpània — region of Italy
  • West Flemish: Campanië — region of Italy