Save Type Settlement Usage Italian, English, French, German, Spanish Pronounced Pron. /ˌkam.po.ˈbas.so/(Italian) /ˌkæm.poʊ.ˈbæ.soʊ/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Literally "low field"; derived from Latin Campus Vassorum, denoting that the city was host to vassals. This is the name of the capital city of the southern Italian region of Molise.