Neapolitan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Neapolitan in British English:
UK [niəˈpɔlitən]
How to pronounce Neapolitan in American English:
US [ˌniəˈpɑlɪtən]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people
Word Origin
- Neapolitan (n.)
- early 15c., "native or resident of Naples," literally "of Naples," from Latin Neapolitanus, from Neapolis (see Naples); it preserves in English the Greek name of the city. As an adjective from 1590s. As a type of ice cream, from 1871; originally meaning both "ice cream of three layers and flavors" and "ice cream made with eggs added to the cream before freezing." In early 18c., Neapolitan consolation meant "syphilis."
Example
- 1. Which do neapolitan men prefer - fireworks with their men friends or fireworks with their women ?
- 2. Maradona lifted the neapolitan team and the fans turned out .
- 3. Neapolitan kingdom was not overthrown ; it collapsed .
- 4. It might be copied worldwide but there is only one true neapolitan pizza .
- 5. He was a neapolitan , and of accomplished scholarship , both latin and greek .