English Explanatory Dictionary

Neapolis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.
  2. Former name of Kavala: a port city in northern Greece.
  3. Former name of Simferopol: the capital of Crimea, generally recognized as part of Ukraine, but currently controlled by Russia.
  4. Former name of Nabeul: a port city on the Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia.

Word forms

Neapolis

Etymology

From Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Equivalent to neo- + -polis. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Napoli, and Neapoli.

Related words

Scythian Neapolis
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