The name 'Capri'

      The name of the island derives from the name of its oldest Italic inhabitants - known to the Greeks as Kaprie and Kapréai and to the Romans as Capreae. Linguistic analysis refutes the Greek origin of the place name and considers the name 'Capri' to derive from the language of the ancient Italic populations who settled in the area of the Gulf of Naples. The name makes reference to the goats (capre) which formed a characteristic aspect of the island landscape while identifying an important feature of the economy of the non-Greek community - goat farming, one of the few possible means of sustenance in an area with no space for crop cultivation and frequent water shortages.