Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Naples, Italy.
- n. A native or resident of Naples, Italy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Naples or its inhabitants.
- n. An inhabitant or a native of the city of Naples, or of the province or the former kingdom of Naples.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to Naples.
- adj. Describing an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry in order. Also called neapolitan ice cream.
- n. An inhabitant or resident of Naples.
- n. The language of Naples, Italy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people
- n. a native or inhabitant of Naples
Etymologies
- From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neapolis, "new city"), a Greek city in Naples. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin Neāpolītānus, from Greek neāpolītēs, from Neāpolis, Naples, Italy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Pizza Style: Neapolitan-style and thin crust Comes up short on what they call Neapolitan pizza, but the thin crust is worth a visit”
“From this latter circumstance it was at one time known as the Neapolitan disease.”
“My dough is what I believe they call a Neapolitan recipe which doesn´t use oil nor sugar.”
“Musical styles jump promiscuously from jazz to cabaret to pop to world music, while songs are sung in English, Neapolitan, Italian, French and Spanish.”
“La Madia, whose website is here, is one of several so-called Neapolitan-style pizzerias to open in Chicago recently, most within the last year or so.”
“-- A combination of an ice and two kinds of ice cream, usually of different colors, makes what is known as Neapolitan ice cream.”
“On the continent, this frozen mixture is called Neapolitan Ice Cream.”
“In this country, three kinds of frozen mixtures served together make up what is termed Neapolitan Ice Cream.”
“Abraham Brueghel, called the Neapolitan, 1692, Fruit and Flowers; Denis”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832
“Well may Monsieur Salvandy have observed at the ball so recently given by the Duc of Orléans to the royal families of France and Naples, "This may be termed a Neapolitan _fête_, for they are dancing over a volcano.”
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