Naples

[ ney-puhlz ]

noun

1. Italian Na·po·li [nah, -paw-lee]. a seaport in southwestern Italy.
2. Bay of Naples, Italian Gol·fo di Na·po·li [gawl, -faw dee , nah, -paw-lee]. a bay in southwestern Italy: Naples located here. 22 miles (35 km) long.
3. a town in southern Florida.

Naples

/ ˈneɪpəlz /

noun

1. a port in SW Italy, capital of Campania region, on the Bay of Naples: the third largest city in the country; founded by Greeks in the 6th century bc ; incorporated into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1140 and its capital (1282–1503); university (1224). Pop: 1 004 500 (2001) Ancient nameNeapolis Italian nameNapoli Neapolitan
2. Bay of Naples
   an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy

Naples

1. City in southwestern Italy ; a major seaport and commercial, industrial, and tourist center.

Example Sentences

Sitting on the sidelines of the G20 climate summit in Naples this week, it was hard not to feel a sense of existential dread.

From Time

In Naples, Florida, the group found investor sales have risen 57 percent year over year.

From Vox

I lobbied and did public relations for the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Foundation for Government Accountability in Naples, Florida.

From Washington Post

In 1973 we had a cholera outbreak in Naples, and in one week they vaccinated more than 1 million people.

From Nautilus

In Naples, demonstrators plan to gather Monday evening in a central square after violence erupted over the weekend.

From Fortune

Several Italian cities, including Naples, already have a civil union registry.

From The Daily Beast

The Navy recently relocated 17 families from areas around Naples who were living in areas they deemed simply too risky.

From The Daily Beast

Reach the Aeolians by ferry from Naples, or Milazzo on Sicily.

From The Daily Beast

She started and finished her journey of 18,063.22 miles at the Piazza Plebescito in Naples, Italy.

From The Daily Beast

Jack Tyman, who had come to D.C. from Naples, Fla., thought the Texas senator had done the United States a favor.

From The Daily Beast

Hence Napoleon was driven more and more to trust to the advice of the rash, unstable King of Naples.

From Project Gutenberg

Scarce a day passed without some engagement in which the King of Naples showed his audacity and his talent as a leader.

From Project Gutenberg

The King arrived in Naples bent on maintaining his crown and on allowing no interference from the Emperor.

From Project Gutenberg

Nicholas Piccini, an eminent musical composer, died at Naples.

From Project Gutenberg

When he arrived in Naples and took up his command the situation seemed quiet.

From Project Gutenberg