Etymology

Napoli

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Today it means: A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy. Full definition →

Italian Napoli ← Latin Neāpolis ← Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΝεᾱ́πολῐς
  2. Latin · derived fromNeāpolis
  3. Italian · borrowed fromNapoli
  4. English todayNapoli

Borrowed from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Neapoli, and Neapolis.

Words from the same roots

LatinNeāpolis all →

NaplesNeapolis

Ancient GreekΝεᾱ́πολῐς all →

Naplesnaporitan

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