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vesuvius
/və'suviəs/
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  1. noun
    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

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    mount vesuvius mt. vesuvius
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  • pompeii ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
  • pliny Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
  • gaius plinius secundus Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
  • pliny the elder Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
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