Neapolitan
[,niə'pɔlitən]
Definition
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Naples.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people .
Typist: Malcolm--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.
(n.) A native or citizen of Naples.
Edited by Dorothy
Definition
adj. pertaining to the city of Naples or its inhabitants.—n. a native or inhabitant of Naples.—Neapolitan ice a combination of two different ices.
Editor: Sweeney
Examples
- He fell down prostrate and basked in him as a Neapolitan beggar does in the sun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Neapolitan tax, therefore, is not near so ruinous as the Spanish one. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There never was a community so prejudiced against the cholera as these Neapolitans are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The people did not live in the clouds, as do the Venetians, the Genoese and Neapolitans of to-day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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