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Naples.

Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy)

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  1. Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy)

    masculine
  2. Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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