Neapolitan
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Neapolitan
1375–1425; late Middle English Neopolitan < Latin Neāpolītānus. See Naples (< Greek Neā́polis literally, new town), -ite 1, -an
Example Sentences
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Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet, which begins with the 2011 novel “My Brilliant Friend,” depicts a lifelong friendship fueled in equal measure by envy and admiration, anger and love.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Some large guardian dogs showed high wolf ancestry, while others, including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and St. Bernard, showed none.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
The Guinness World Record belongs to a Neapolitan mastiff, who gave birth to a litter of 24 puppies.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
It’s what happens when you mix Neapolitan ritual with a JCPenney casserole dish—and somehow, it works.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
Della Porta was a Neapolitan nobleman who had made a profession out of occult learning.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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