Campaʹnia.

Properly the Terra di Lavoʹro of Italy, i.e. the plain country about Capʹua.

“Disdainful of Campania’s gentle plains.”


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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Camisole
Camisole de Force
Camlan (Battle of, Cornwall)
Camlet
Cammock
Camorra
Camorrist
Camp Candlestick (A)
Camp-followers
Campaign Wig (A)
Campania
Campaspe
Campbells are Coming (The)
Campbellite
Campceiling
Campeador (cam-pa-dor)
Canace
Canache
Canada Balsam
Canaille (French, can-naye)
Canard

See Also:

Campania