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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝεάπολις
- Greek · borrowed fromΝεάπολη
- English todayNeapoli
From Greek Νεάπολη (Neápoli), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλη (póli, “city”) and from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa) + πολις (polis). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Napoli, and Neapolis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΝεάπολις all →
neapolitanNeapolis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.