A card game in which cards are won by matching or combining cards in a hand with those exposed on the table.

Town in S Italy, 80 km/50 mi NW of Naples, at the foot of Monte Cassino; It was the scene of heavy fighting during World War II 1944, as it was a key position blocking the Allied advance to Rome, and most of the town was destroyed. It was rebuilt 1.5 km/1 mi to the North. The abbey on the summit of Monte Cassino, founded by St Benedict 529, was rebuilt 1956 to repair the damage caused by the Allied bombardment during World War II.