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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Naples

  1. City in southwestern Italy ; a major seaport and commercial, industrial, and tourist center.
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Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Mayor Cicero in the film, also grew up in a house of opera: His mother was a Black opera singer from Alabama who met his Italian father while performing in Naples.

Travellers in Hamburg, Naples and Dusseldorf also reported delays.

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Winning in Naples is always difficult but the manager's plan revolves around addressing three key areas.

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Turn right on the Toledo and stroll along the canals in the Naples Island neighborhood.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 75, which runs west from Fort Lauderdale to Naples before heading north through Tampa and into Georgia, were gridlocked for much of Monday and into Tuesday morning.

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