neapolitan

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun neapolitan has 1 sense

Adjective neapolitan has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

neapolitanprop. a. [L. Neapolitanus, fr. Neapolis Naples, Gr. , lit., New town.].
     Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neapolitan, n. & adj.
--n. a native or citizen of Naples in Italy.
--adj. of or relating to Naples.

Idiom
Neapolitan ice-cream ice-cream made in layers of different colours. Neapolitan violet a sweet-scented double viola.
Etymology
ME f. L Neapolitanus f. L Neapolis Naples f. Gk f. neos new + polis city

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