Naples

American  

[ney-puhlz] / ˈneɪ pəlz /

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.

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Naples British  

/ 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

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Naples Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

The Easyjet flight had departed Naples at around 21:30 and was about two thirds full.

From BBC

His uncle, Pliny the Elder, sailed across the Bay of Naples in a bid to take a closer look and save lives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Longtime reader Irwin Weinberg, 77, a retired consultant from Naples, Fla., shared a picture of the tattoo he got after his wife of 46 years died.

From The Wall Street Journal

They live in a poor area of Naples in the 1960s, where the girls feel “allied with each other, in the struggle against all,” Elena says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Naples and Inter Milan have home ties on Wednesday.

From Barron's