Neapolitan means of or pertaining to

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, a city in Italy; or to:

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Province of Naples The province of Naples (; ) was a province in the Campania region of Italy. In 2014/2015, the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990 and Law 56/2014), replaced the province of Naples with the Metropolitan City of Naples. Demographics The p ...

, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city *

Duchy of Naples The Duchy of Naples (, ) began as a Byzantine province that was constituted in the seventh century, in the lands roughly corresponding to the current province of Naples that the Lombards had not conquered during their invasion of Italy in the si ...

, in existence during the Early and High Middle Ages *

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies () was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by popula ...

Neapolitan Republic (disambiguation) Neapolitan Republic may refer to two different rebellions of Naples and its neighborhood against the king's rule: * Neapolitan Republic (1647–1648) * Parthenopean Republic The Parthenopean Republic (, ) or Neapolitan Republic () was a short-li ...

, various entities *

Neapolitan War The Neapolitan War, also known as the Austro-Neapolitan War, was a conflict between the Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic), Kingdom of Naples and the Austrian Empire. It started on 15 March 1815, when King Joachim Murat declared war on ...

Naples, Florida Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 19,115, down from 19,539 at the 2010 census. Naples is a principal city of the Collier County, Florida, Naples–Marc ...

, which took its name from the Italian city

Music

Music of Naples Naples has played an important and vibrant role over the centuries not just in the music of Italy, but in the general history of western European musical traditions. This influence extends from the early music conservatories in the 16th century ...

or Neapolitan dance * Canzone Napoletana or Neapolitan song * Neapolitan School of music *

Neapolitan chord In Classical music theory, a Neapolitan chord (or simply a "Neapolitan") is a major chord built on the lowered ( flat) second (supertonic) scale degree. In Schenkerian analysis, it is known as a Phrygian II, since in minor scales the chord is buil ...

(also known as Neapolitan sixth), the first inversion of a major chord built on the lowered second (supertonic) scale degree *

Neapolitan scale In music, the major Neapolitan scale and the minor Neapolitan scale are two musical scales. Both scales are minor, in that they both contain a minor third above the root. The major and minor Neapolitan scales are instead differentiated by the qu ...

* Neapolitan mass, a cantata-style mass

Food

Neapolitan cuisine Neapolitan cuisine has ancient historical roots that date back to the Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman period, which was enriched over the centuries by the influence of the different cultures that controlled Naples and its Kingdom of Naples, kingd ...

, a historical cuisine of Naples that date back to the Greco-Roman period to the modern days *

Neapolitan ice cream Neapolitan ice cream, also sometimes referred to as Harlequin ice cream, is an ice cream composed of three separate flavors (typically vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry) arranged side by side in the same container, usually without any barrier be ...

, a mixture of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream side-by-side in the same container *

Neapolitan pizza Neapolitan pizza (; ) is the version of the round pizza typically prepared in the Italian city of Naples and characterised by a soft, thin dough with high edges. The tomatoes are traditionally either San Marzano tomatoes or , which grow on t ...

, the original variety of pizza made according to strict rules *

Neapolitan ragù Neapolitan ragù, known in Italian as or (), is a variety of ragù associated with the city of Naples. It is made from two main parts: meat, and tomato sauce to which a few seasonings are added. Two distinctive features are the type of meat ...

, one of the two most famous varieties of meat sauces and a speciality of Naples *

Neapolitan sauce Neapolitan sauce is the collective name given (outside Italy) to various basic tomato-based sauces derived from Italian cuisine, often served over or alongside pasta. In Naples, Neapolitan sauce is simply referred to as ''salsa'', which literal ...

, a basic tomato-based sauce derived from Italian cuisine *

Neapolitan wafer Neapolitan wafers (also called gaufrettes in some countries, though this term can refer to other foods) are wafer and chocolate-cream sandwich biscuits, first made by the Austrian company Manner in 1898.Neapolitans (chocolate) Neapolitans (also ''Napolitains'' or ''Naps'') are individually wrapped square or rectangular pieces of chocolate in assorted flavours. They are often served by hotels and coffee shops (often with a cup of coffee) and when used for promotional ...

, individually wrapped square/rectangular pieces of chocolate

Other

Neapolitan language Neapolitan (Exonym and endonym, autonym: ; ) is a Romance language of the Italo-Romance languages, Italo-Romance group spoken in most of continental Southern Italy. It is named after the Kingdom of Naples, which once covered most of the area, ...

, the language of southern continental Italy, named after the Kingdom of Naples *

Neapolitan piastra The piastra was the most common silver coin of the mainland Kingdom of Sicily, also known as the Kingdom of Naples. History In order to distinguish it from the piastra issued on the island of Sicily, it is referred to as the "Neapolitan piastra" ...

, a currency of the mainland part of the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies *

Neapolitan horse The Neapolitan Horse, , ''Neapolitano'' or ''Napolitano'', is a horse breed that originated in the plains between Naples and Caserta, in the Campania region of Italy, but which may have been bred throughout the Kingdom of Naples. The Neapoli ...

, an extinct horse breed formerly bred in Naples *

Neapolitan Mastiff The Neapolitan Mastiff or is an Italian breed of large dog of mastiff type. It was recognised as a breed by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana in 1949, and accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1956. It descends ...

, a large, ancient breed of dog * ''

Neapolitan Novels The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet, are a four-part series of fiction by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated into English by Ann Goldstein and published by ...

'', a four-part series by Elena Ferrante * Neopolitan, a fictional character from ''

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