Neapolitan
English
/ˌniːəˈpɒlɪtən/
adj
Definitions
- Pertaining to Naples, a city in southern Italy.
- Describing an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla and strawberry in order. Until the mid-20th century the flavours were pistachio, vanilla and strawberry, giving the colours of the .
- (dated) Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin neāpolītānus derived from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (new city).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Νεάπολις
Gloss
new city
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Neapolis Latin
- Neāpolis Latin
- neāpolītānus Latin
- napoletano Italian
- napolitain French
- Νεάπολις Ancient Greek
- Νεᾱ́πολῐς Ancient Greek
- νέος Ancient Greek
- πόλῐς Ancient Greek
- نابلس Arabic