# Neapolitan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌniːəˈpɒlɪtən/ · frequency rank #39,448

## Definitions
1. Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.
2. Designating 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 Italian flag.)
3. Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.

## Etymology
From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”), a Greek city in modern Naples. Doublet of naporitan.

## Easily confused with
- **Napolitano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/napolitano-vs-neapolitan)

## Common misspellings (14)
`enapolitan`, `naepolitan`, `neaoplitan`, `neaploitan`, `neapoiltan`, `neapoliatn`, `neapolitann`, `neapolitna`, `neapolittan`, `neapollitan`, `neapoltian`, `neappolitan`, `nepaolitan`, `nneapolitan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/neapolitan