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English noun: Mt. Vesuvius

1. Mt. 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


SynonymsMount Vesuvius, Vesuvius


Instance hypernymvolcano


Part meronymItalia, Italian Republic, Italy









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