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Naptown en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnæpˌtaʊn/

Etymology

From Nap + town.

Meanings

  1. (US) Nickname for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Arrow pledge Kathleen Berhman is wearing a siyma nu pin from Naptown. 1936, “In Indianapolis”, in The Bored Walk, volume 7, Indiana University, page 13:
    • The same friends who teased me about being a kept man also delighted in pointing out the provincial reputation of the city where I’d be moving. Indianapolis? they asked. Some of them even referred to it as “Naptown.” 2001 October 14, Don Gomes, “I Did It Her Way”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 25, number 2, Emmis Communications, →ISSN, page 78: