Neapoli

English

Etymology

From Greek Νεάπολη (Neápoli), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλη (póli, “city”) and from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa) + πολις (polis). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, and Neapolis.

Proper noun

Neapoli

1. Any of several towns or subdivisions of towns in Greece, especially a suburb of Thessaloniki.
2. A town in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.
3. A town in Kozani, West Macedonia, Greece.

Synonyms

• (Cretan town): Yenisehir (historical)
• (W. Macedonian town): Palladium, Naslich, Lapciste, Leipsista (historical)

Translations

Neapoli, Crete

• Ottoman Turkish: یڭی شهر (Yeni Şehir)

Neapoli, W. Macedonia

• Bulgarian: Ляпчища (Ljapčišta), Наслич (Naslič), Неаполи (Neapoli)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ανασελίτσα (Anaselítsa) (Byzantine)

  Modern: Νεάπολη (el) (Neápoli), Λειψίστα (el) (Leipsísta), Νεάπολη Κοζάνης (Neápoli Kozánis)

• Ottoman Turkish: ناسليچ (Nasliç), الپچیشتە (Lapçişte)
• Turkish: Nasliç, Lapçişte

Anagrams

• opaline

Latin

Proper noun

Neāpolī

1. dative/ablative/vocative/locative singular of Neāpolis