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US
/ˌniəˈpɑɫətən/
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ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people
NOUN
- a native or inhabitant of Naples
How To Use Neapolitan In A Sentence
- Destiny's Wild even went so far as to gripe that Neapolitan had stolen their idea of singing the song a Capella, which is hardly a novel concept. IGN TV
- The traditional Neapolitan cake of chocolate and almonds, decorated with icing sugar.
- Previous to being eaten, it is dipped in a very flavoury sauce, and, although they are not quite so graceful in the art of eating as are the Neapolitan _Lazzaroni_, still with the help of a spoon and as many fingers as are available, the Corean natives seem to manage to swallow large quantities of this in a very short time. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm
- I have seen him on a ferry boat on the Hudson River joke with the Italian bootblacks in the Neapolitan dialect and with complete success.
- In Italy, look out for varieties of elegantly grey-leaved cardoons and artichokes, zucchini, cavolo nero, flat Neapolitan parsley, Principe di Bologna tomatoes and rocket (rucola).
- Collaborating with a melodist, Izzy wrote the lyrics for ‘Marie from Sunny Italy,’ to be performed with the same Neapolitan intonation.
- Nothing is more distinctive than the chaotic spectacle of Neapolitan street-life.
- Neapolitan army, had married at an advanced age a beautiful, accomplished and rich heiress, the daughter of some contractor; it was "a mariage de convenance," a title bought by wealth and beauty. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People
- Percy sings a Spanish seguidilla, or a German lied, or a French romance, or a Neapolitan canzonet, which, I am bound to say, excites very little attention. The Newcomes
- Another historic reference is made in Act III where the Neapolitan Dance becomes a cancan.