Naples

English

The Bay of Naples beside Naples, Italy

Etymology

From French Naples, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”) after the relocation of the original Greek settlement in the area. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Compare Newton.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.pəlz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪpəlz

Proper noun

Naples

1. A city in the region of Campania in Italy; capital of the surrounding province.
2. A province of Italy around the city.
3. (historical) Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy in the early modern period.
4. (historical) Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy and Sicily in the 19th century.
5. A city in Collier County, Florida, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Idaho, United States.
7. A town in Illinois, United States.
8. A town in Maine, United States.
9. A town and village in New York, United States.
10. A town in South Dakota, United States.
11. A city in Texas, United States.
12. A city in Utah, United States.
13. A town in Wisconsin, United States.

Synonyms

• (Italian city): Palaepolis, Neapolis, Parthenope (historical); Napoli (endonym)

Derived terms

• Bay of Naples
• East Naples
• Gulf of Naples
• Kingdom of Naples
• Naples biscuit
• Naples yellow
• see Naples and die

 

Related terms

• Neapolitan

Translations

city in Italy

• Afrikaans: Napels
• Albanian: Napoli f

  Arbëresh: Napulë

• Amharic: ናፖሊ m (napoli)
• Arabic: نَابُلِي m (nābulī), نَاپولِي m (napoli)

  Hijazi Arabic: نابلي f (nābuli, nāpuli)

• Aragonese: Nápols f
• Armenian: Նեապոլ (Neapol)
• Azerbaijani: Neapol
• Basque: Napoli (eu), Napoles (eu)
• Belarusian: Неа́паль m (Njeápalʹ)
• Bengali: নেপলস (nepoloś)
• Breton: Napoli (br) f, Naplez (br) f
• Bulgarian: Неапол m (Neapol)
• Catalan: Nàpols m
• Cebuano: Napoles
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拿坡利 (naa⁴ bo¹ lei⁶), 那波利 (naa⁵ bo¹ lei⁶), 拿坡里 (naa⁵ bo¹ lei⁵), 那不勒斯 (naa⁵ bat¹ lak⁶ si¹)

  Mandarin: 那不勒斯 (zh) (Nàbùlèsī), 拿坡里 (zh) (Nábōlǐ), 那波利 (zh) (Nàbōlì)

• Czech: Neapol (cs) f
• Danish: Napoli n, (very archaic) Neapel n
• Dutch: Napels (nl) n
• Emilian: Nâpol f
• Esperanto: Napolo
• Estonian: Napoli
• Extremaduran: Nápoli f
• Farefare: Neapol, Napoli
• Finnish: Napoli (fi)
• French: Naples (fr) m

  Middle French: Napples m

• Friulian: Napul f
• Galician: Nápoles (gl) f
• Georgian: ნეაპოლი (neaṗoli)
• German: Neapel (de) n
• Greek: Νάπολη (el) f (Nápoli), (obsolete) Νεάπολις (el) f (Neápolis), (rare) Νεάπολη (el) f (Neápoli)

  Ancient: Νεάπολις f (Neápolis)

• Hebrew: נַאפּוֹלִי f (Nápoli)
• Hindi: नापोलि m (nāpoli), नेपोलि m (nepoli)
• Hungarian: Nápoly (hu)
• Icelandic: Napólí n, Napolí n
• Interlingua: Neapole
• Italian: Napoli (it) f
• Japanese: ナポリ (ja) (Napori)
• Korean: 나폴리 (Napolli)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Napolî (ku)

• Latin: Neāpolis (la) f
• Latvian: Neapole f
• Ligurian: Nappoli f
• Limburgish: Naopels n
• Lithuanian: Neapolis m
• Lombard: Napul f, Napol f
• Macedonian: Не́апол m (Néapol)
• Malay: Napoli
• Malayalam: നാപ്പൊളി (nāppoḷi)
• Maltese: Napli m
• Marathi: नेपल्स n (nepalsa), नापोली n (nāpolī)
• Neapolitan: Napule f, Nàpule f
• Newar: नेपल्स (nepalsa)
• Norwegian: Napoli n
• Occitan: Nàpols m
• Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)
• Pennsylvania German: Napols
• Persian: ناپل (fa) (nâpl)
• Picard: Napoule m
• Piedmontese: Nàpoli f
• Polish: Neapol (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nápoles f
• Romagnol: Nêpul m or f
• Romanian: Napoli m, Neapole m
• Romansch: Napel f
• Russian: Неа́поль (ru) m (Neápolʹ)
• Samogitian: Neapuolės m
• Sanskrit: नापोली n (nāpolī)
• Sardinian: Nàpoli f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: На́пуљ m

  Roman: Nápulj (sh) m

• Sicilian: Nàpuli f
• Slovak: Neapol m
• Slovene: Neápəlj (sl) m
• Spanish: Nápoles (es) f
• Swedish: Neapel (sv) n
• Tagalog: Napoles
• Tamil: நாபொலி (nāpoli)
• Tarantino: Napule f
• Thai: เนเปิลส์ (nee-bpə̀əl), นาโปลี (naa-bpoo-lii)
• Turkish: Napoli (tr)
• Ukrainian: Неа́поль m (Neápolʹ)
• Uyghur: Naplés
• Venetian: Nàpułi f
• Veps: Napol', Neapol'
• Vietnamese: Na-pô-li
• West Flemish: Noapels n
• Yiddish: נאַפּאָלי n (napoli)

province in Italy

• Armenian: Նեապոլ (Neapol)
• Breton: Napoli (br) f, Naplez (br) f
• Catalan: Nàpols m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那不勒斯 (zh) (Nàbùlèsī), 拿坡里 (zh) (Nábōlǐ), 那波利 (zh) (Nàbōlì)

• Corsican: Napuli f
• Czech: Neapol (cs) f
• Dutch: Napels (nl) n
• Estonian: Napoli
• Finnish: Napoli (fi)
• French: Naples (fr) m
• German: Neapel (de) n
• Hebrew: נַאפּוֹלִי f (Nápoli)
• Hungarian: Nápoly (hu)
• Italian: Napoli (it) f
• Japanese: ナポリ県 (Napori-ken), ナポリ (ja) (Napori)
• Macedonian: Не́апол m (Néapol)
• Maltese: Napli m
• Marathi: नेपल्स n (nepalsa), नापोली n (nāpolī)
• Neapolitan: Napule f, Nàpule f
• Nepali: नेपल्स (nepals)
• Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)
• Polish: Neapol (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nápoles f
• Russian: Неа́поль (ru) m (Neápolʹ)
• Spanish: Nápoles (es) f
• Swedish: Neapel (sv) n
• Tagalog: Napoles
• Turkish: Napoli (tr)

Anagrams

• 'planes, Palens, S plane, palens, panels, planes, plenas

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Napples, from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /napl/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Naples m

1. Naples (a province and city in Campania, Italy)

Related terms

• napolitain, Napolitain

Anagrams

• planes, planés