Naples

[ney-puhlz]

noun

1. Italian Napoli. a seaport in southwestern Italy.

2. Italian Golfo di Napoli. Bay of Naples, a bay in southwestern Italy: Naples located here. 22 miles (35 km) long.

3. a town in southern Florida.

Naples

/ ˈneɪpəlz /

noun

1. Italian name: Napoli. Ancient name: Neapolis. a port in SW Italy, capital of Campania region, on the Bay of Naples: the third largest city in the country; founded by Greeks in the 6th century _bc ; incorporated into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1140 and its capital (1282–1503); university (1224). Pop: 1 004 500 (2001)

2. an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy

Naples

1. City in southwestern Italy; a major seaport and commercial, industrial, and tourist center.

Example Sentences

Jeeno, the defending champion, reeled off nine birdies and nine pars in a flawless second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to move to 14 under at the halfway stage.

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Lee birdied seven of the first 15 holes and eagled the par-five 17th before a closing bogey at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

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On the eve of the season-ending Tour Championship at Naples, Florida, the series looked ahead to next year, a campaign that will include the Solheim Cup in the Netherlands next September.

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The installation first suggests entering the church with an immense—roughly 5½-by-6½-foot—silver relief of the resurrection, made in Naples in 1736.

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But Patrick Huey, an adviser with offices in Naples, Fla., and Portland, Ore., said to consider such opportunities “only after thorough vetting and always as a complement, not a core, holding.”

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