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naples
/ˈneɪ.pəlz/
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What does naples mean?
proper noun
- A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.
- A metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples.
- A city in Collier County, Florida.
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proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Idaho.
- A town in Illinois.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
- A town and village therein, in Ontario County, New York.
- A town in South Dakota.
- A city in Texas.
- A city in Utah.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- (historical) A former province of Campania.
- (historical) Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy in the early modern period.
- (historical) Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy and Sicily in the 19th century.
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IPA pronunciation
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In more modern days, a similar avidity was shown to obtain a relic of the luckless Masaniello, the fisherman of Naples.
There is one extraordinary feature in the real life of Naples, at which we may take a glance before we go—the Lotteries.
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His birth-day, which occurred a week after his arrival, was celebrated with one of the most splendid fetes ever beheld at Naples.
In front rode a detachment of Württemberg hussars and behind them rode the King of Naples himself accompanied by a numerous suite.
M. Cordier brought away some of this tufa, which resembles that in the environs of Naples and Rome, and contains fragments of reeds.