Vesuvius
pronunciation
How to pronounce Vesuvius in British English:
UK [vɪˈsuːvɪəs]
How to pronounce Vesuvius in American English:
US [vəˈsuviəs]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- Vesuvius
- volcano near Naples, of unknown origin; perhaps from Celtic root *ves- "mountain" or Oscan fesf "smoke, steam." Related: Vesuvian.
Example
- 1. Doesn 't sound like vesuvius !
- 2. This is what happened in the eruption of vesuvius which buried pompeii .
- 3. 79ad And it was of mount vesuvius in italy .
- 4. For well over a thousand years , the victims of mt. vesuvius were forgotten , lost even to history .
- 5. If the games go ahead as scheduled-in 1906 rome surrendered the 1908 games after mt vesuvius erupted-the television ratings will surely be high .