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naples

/ˈneɪ.pəlz/

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What does naples mean?

proper noun

  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples.
  3. A city in Collier County, Florida.
More meanings (11)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Idaho.
  2. A town in Illinois.
  3. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  4. A town and village therein, in Ontario County, New York.
  5. A town in South Dakota.
  6. A city in Texas.
  7. A city in Utah.
  8. A town in Wisconsin.
  9. (historical) A former province of Campania.
  10. (historical) Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy in the early modern period.
  11. (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

/ˈneɪ.pəlz/

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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.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
There is one extraordinary feature in the real life of Naples, at which we may take a glance before we go—the Lotteries.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
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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.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
In front rode a detachment of Württemberg hussars and behind them rode the King of Naples himself accompanied by a numerous suite.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
M. Cordier brought away some of this tufa, which resembles that in the environs of Naples and Rome, and contains fragments of reeds.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322