a town of Naples, province of Principato Citra, at the foot of a hill occupied by the ancient citadel, in the middle of a series of isolated heights, 21 miles E.S.E. of Naples. It consists of straggling groups of houses, with gardens and trees between; and has several churches, a convent, a clerical seminary and other schools, and good cavalry barracks. Manufactures of linen and other stuffs are carried on. Nocera occupies the site of the ancient Nuceria, which was destroyed by Hannibal in his invasion of Italy. It is supposed to have received its modern epithet from a colony of 20,000 Saracens, who were settled here in the 13th century by the Emperor Frederick II., in opposition to the court of Rome and the Guelph faction. Pop.6800.