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Vesuvius

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Noun

1. mount vesuvius, mt. vesuvius, vesuvius

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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Vesuvius

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noun
a volcano in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: first recorded eruption in 79 ad, which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae; numerous eruptions since then. Average height: 1220 m (4003 ft)
. Italian name: Vesuvio (veˈzuːvjo)

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Vesuvius

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active volcano in S Italy, on the Bay of Naples: eruption of a.d. 79 destroyed Pompeii & Herculaneum: c. 4,000 ft (1,219 m)
: It. name Veˈsuvio (vɛˈzuvjɔ ; vezo̅oˈvy^ō)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vesuvius

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A volcano, 1,281 m (4,203 ft) high, of southern Italy on the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples. A violent eruption in AD 79 destroyed the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Since that time it has erupted about three dozen times, most recently in the period from 1913 to 1944.

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