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Neapolitan: tags: [geography]

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Definition:

1. Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.
2. A native or citizen of Naples.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

as of 2013 Naples is the most densely populated province in Italy. Pompeii and Vesuvius are both located in this province.

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Let the Lacedaemonian, the Persian, the Parthian, yea the Neapolitan, cause thee rather to detest such villainy, at the sight and view of their vanity.

John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)

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the mirrors in gilt frames or the red plush seats, in the Neapolitan style, of the establishment

Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]