Neapolitan
/nɪəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n
/noun
A native or inhabitant of Naples.We fought as Piedmontese, as Tuscans, as Neapolitans, as Romans, and not as Italians’....
- He was able to hold off the combined armies of the French, Austrians, Spanish, and Neapolitans for several weeks.
- His impact was so great that when Italy played Argentina in Naples in the 1990 World Cup semi-final, many Neapolitans supported Argentina.
adjective
Relating to Naples: he is Neapolitan by birth the Neapolitan Riviera...
- In Genoa they like Ligurian paintings, in Naples, Neapolitan paintings.
- Naples and Neapolitan cookery, with dialect terms, were featured again by Cavalcanti, who can be regarded as the first regional cookery writer of Italy.
- There is, in fact, a tradition in Naples that the Neapolitan system of swordplay contains some Spanish elements.
Origin
From Latin Neapolitanus, from Latin Neapolis 'Naples', from Greek neos 'new' + polis 'city'.
Rhymes
- toolmaker
- toolmaking
- tool post
- tool pusher
- toolset
- toolshed
- tool shed
- tool steel
- tooltip
- too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- too many cooks spoil the broth
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- toon
- toonen
- toon-en’
- to one's bones (or to the bone)
- to one's credit
- to one's disadvantage
- to one's face
- to one's feet
- to one's fingertips
- to one's heart's content (or delight)
- to one's liking
- to one's satisfaction