Kingdom of Naples

English

The Kingdom of Naples and its divisions in 1454

Etymology

A calque of Italian Regno di Napoli and Latin Regnum Neapolitanum (Kingdom of the Neapolitans), from the realm's capital at Naples.

Proper noun

the Kingdom of Naples

  1. (historical) A former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Naples between 1282 and 1816.
  2. (historical, inexact) Synonym of Parthenopean Republic, a short-lived French puppet state, or inclusive of it when ignoring its separate existence in 1799
  3. (historical, inexact) Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, properly the union of the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily but with its capital at Naples from 1817 to 1861

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