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neapolitan

/ˌniːəˈpɑlɪtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
Ne-a-po-li-tan
IPA
/ˌniːəˈpɑlɪtən/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

adj

Designating an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry in order. (Perhaps so called because until the mid-20th century, various flavour combinations existed, including pistachio, vanilla, and strawberry or cherry, giving the colours of the Italian flag.)

adj

Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.

Dated

noun

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

noun

An individually wrapped piece of chocolate, sold in assortments of various flavours such as coffee and orange.

name

A language spoken in South Italy, approximately in the area of the former Kingdom of Naples.

Uncountable

adj

Alternative spelling of Neapolitan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”), a Greek city in modern Naples. Doublet of naporitan.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: neāpolītānus, Νεάπολις

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌniːəˈpɑlɪtən/
  • British English: /ˌniːəˈpɒlɪtən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Neapolitans (plural)

Derived Forms

Neapolitanness

Phrases

Neapolitan chord Neapolitan disease Neapolitan ice cream Neapolitan mandolin Neapolitan mastiff Neapolitan ointment Neapolitan pizza Neapolitan sauce

Frequently Paired Words

spumoni Chicago brick Wiktionary’s coverage of Neapolitan terms

Synonyms

harlequin

Rhymes With

metropolitan cosmopolitan constantinopolitan micropolitan

Questions

How do you pronounce neapolitan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌniːəˈpɑlɪtən/.
What does neapolitan mean?
Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.
Where does neapolitan come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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