Associations to the word «Vesuvius»

Wiktionary

VESUVIUS, proper noun. A volcanic mountain in Italy

Dictionary definition

VESUVIUS, 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.

Wise words

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