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Vesuvius

ve·su·vius

US/vəˈsu.vi.əs/ uncommon

noun

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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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From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.

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