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naples

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for naples.

Editorial note

They are a very spread ethnicity in Naples (and around Naples) and the majority of them are poor people who panhandle around to make some money.

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Quick take

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of naples gathered in one view.

noun

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.

noun

A metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples.

noun

A city in Collier County, Florida, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for naples.

noun

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.

noun

A metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples.

noun

A city in Collier County, Florida, United States.

noun

A city in Texas, United States.

Example sentences

1

They are a very spread ethnicity in Naples (and around Naples) and the majority of them are poor people who panhandle around to make some money.

2

Turin and Milan are quite different from Naples and Palermo, also in the mind of Italians, regarding level of corruption?

3

All money spent for this will land in the pockets of politicians and the mafia, whereby in Naples they are the same anyway.

4

Loads of houses in major cities like Naples or Rome will have a hatch in the basement, leading to what are basically unprotected archeological sites.

5

That unfortunately doesn't change the fact that we have organized crime in Naples (Camorra).

6

And while they own three homes — condominiums in Naples and Boca Raton, Fla., and a house in Lebanon, Pa., where they grew up, none of them are huge.

7

When nationalist controlled the education, they forced everyone to study in Catalan(inmersión lingustica), and created their own History, the Aragon's kings became the Catalan's kings, Valencia and Balearic islands and even Naples became the catalan's states.

8

I'd like to take exception with your assertion of the best food, if I may:) I spent six months working in and around Naples (which, I know, is perhaps not entirely representative of the country, but is the third largest city in Italy) and the food was basically pizza or pasta.

Quote examples

1

Currently reading "Naples 44", diary of an intelligence officer there just after the US landings.

2

Saviano's Gomorra narrates stories about "camorra", a criminal organization based in Campania, Naples' region.

3

Naples' "suspended coffee" keeps coming up in the news every few months, especially since Italy as a whole is in the grip of a long-running economic crisis that will likely continue for a very long time.

Proper noun examples

1

Most of Sardinia is south of Naples, but the disrespect for rules/corruption is much lower (eg in Cagliari, which is a lot to the south of Naples).

2

And a Scala job has been placed in a town called Scala in Italy, not far from Naples.

3

Ndrangheta is not in Naples, organized crimes has different names in different parts of the southern Italy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use naples in a sentence?

They are a very spread ethnicity in Naples (and around Naples) and the majority of them are poor people who panhandle around to make some money.

What does naples mean?

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy.

What part of speech is naples?

naples is commonly used as noun.