Neapolis

== English == === 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. === Proper noun === Neapolis (historical) Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy. (historical) Former name of Kavala: a port city in northern Greece. 2008, Michalis Twerios, "Greek Colonization of the Northern Aegean", Greek Colonisation: An Account of Greek Colonies and Other Settlements Oversees, Vol. II, p. 81: Although we have no written evidence to confirm that Neapolis was a Thrasian colony, there can be no doubt that it was. It was so named by the colonists in order, probably, to denote that it was for them a 'new city', as opposed to their 'old' one on Thrasos... Neapolis seems to have severed all dependence on Thrasos very quickly. (historical) Former name of Simferopol: the capital of Crimea, generally recognized as part of Ukraine, but currently controlled by Russia. (historical) Former name of Nabeul: a port city on the Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia. ==== Coordinate terms ==== Palaepolis, Palaeopolis ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Varro's De Lingua Latina states that it was previously called Novapolis. Equivalent to neo- +‎ -polis. === Proper noun === Neāpolis f sg (genitive Neāpolis or Neāpoleos or Neāpolios); third declension Naples (a port city in southwestern Italy) For quotations using this term, see Citations:Neapolis. Simferopol (the capital of Crimea, generally recognized as part of Ukraine, but currently controlled by Russia) (historical) former name of Cabala (= Kavala): a port city in northern Greece Various other cities in the Hellenistic world, including modern Nabeul, Tunisia, and Nablus, Palestine. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only. The genitive forms beside Neāpolis are influenced by the Greek and only used postclassically. ==== Synonyms ==== (Simferopol): Neapolis Scythica ==== Coordinate terms ==== Palaepolis, Palaeopolis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: Naples → English: Naples → Chinese: 那不勒斯 (Nàbùlèsī) → Japanese: ネイプルズ Italian: Napoli→ Chinese: 拿坡里 (Nápōlǐ)→ English: Napoli→ Estonian: Napoli→ Finnish: Napoli→ Greek: Νάπολη (Nápoli)→ Japanese: ナポリ→ Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)Turkish: Napoli→ Vietnamese: Napoli Neapolitan: Napule Portuguese: Nápoles Romanian: Napoli → Russian: Неаполь (Neapolʹ) Sicilian: Nàpuli Spanish: Nápoles === References === “Neapolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Neapolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Latin Neapolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis). === Proper noun === Neapolis m Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy) Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)