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    VESUVIUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 1944play

    Synonyms:

    Mount Vesuvius; Mt. Vesuvius; Vesuvius

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

    Holonyms ("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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