Naptownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈnæpˌtaʊn/

固有名詞

Naptown

1. (US) Nickname for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana
   • 1936, “In Indianapolis”, in The Bored Walk, volume 7, Indiana University, page 13:

     Arrow pledge Kathleen Berhman is wearing a siyma nu pin from Naptown.

   • 2001 October, Don Gomes, “I Did It Her Way”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 25, number 2, Emmis Communications, →ISSN, page 78:

     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.”

   • 2022 May 23, David Humphrey, Indianapolis: The City Known as Naptown, Fonthill Media LLc, →ISBN: