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Neapolis
Neapolis comes from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝεάπολιςNeápolis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENeapolis
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝεάπολιςNeápolis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENeapolis
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
Earliest quotation: 1867, William Latham Bevan, The Student's Manual of Ancient Geography...: “Neapolis, Naples, was situated on the W. slope of…”
A compound of νέα ‘new’ + πόλις ‘city’
Ancient Greek - ‘fortification’
Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis ‘city’
Ancient Greek πόλις ‘city’
Linked words
through Latin Neapolis
Today it means
name Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Νεάπολις / Neapolis