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Naples

/napl/

proper noun/napl/

Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy); Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)

Inherited from Middle French Napples, from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”).