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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I started with the “mother of all pizzas”: Neapolitan, developed at least two centuries ago in Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
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
After separating from film producer Franco Cristaldi in the early 70s, she began a life-long relationship with Neapolitan director Pasquale Squitieri, with whom she had a daughter, also named Claudia.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
In front of the sink he built a small bar out of discarded lumber and covered it with scavenged tiles: blue- and-white arabesques; Neapolitan checkerboard; red heraldic dragons; and local, earth-tone Pewabics.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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