English noun: Mount Vesuvius | |||
1. | Mount Vesuvius (location) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Mt. Vesuvius, Vesuvius | ||
Instance hypernym | volcano | ||
Part meronym | Italia, Italian Republic, Italy | ||