Neapolis

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Neapolis
     new city, a town in Thrace at which Paul first landed in Europe
     (Acts 16:11). It was the sea-port of the inland town of
     Philippi, which was distant about 10 miles. From this port Paul
     embarked on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 20:6). It is
     identified with the modern Turco-Grecian Kavalla.


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Neapolis, the new city