Naples

American  

[nay-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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Naples

That includes eruptions from volcanoes that continue to pose risks to heavily populated regions around Mexico City, Naples and Yogyakarta in Indonesia.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Patrick Huey, an adviser in Naples, Fla., has been working with a couple with a 15-year age gap who have been giving priority to travel now, while the older spouse is still able.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

In a villa on the Bay of Naples, a dying general and statesman, only 50 years old, begins to record his extraordinarily eventful life in the short time left to him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In those moments, steady dividend income can provide a vital cash bridge before tapping tax-deferred accounts early, said Charley Corbett, a financial planner in Naples, Fla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the 1730s and 40s, building work near Naples had accidentally discovered the buried ruins of the first-century Roman towns Herculaneum and Pompeii, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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