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MT. VESUVIUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Mt. Vesuvius mean?
• MT. VESUVIUS (noun)
The noun MT. VESUVIUS has 1 sense:
1. a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
Familiarity information: MT. VESUVIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Mount Vesuvius; Mt. Vesuvius; Vesuvius
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Mt. Vesuvius" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
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