Brundisium

[ bruhn-diz-ee-uhm, -dizh-ee- ]

noun
  1. ancient name of Brindisi.

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How to use Brundisium in a sentence

  • Between Brundisium and Dyrrachium boats were constantly passing, and the only delay to be feared was that caused by bad weather.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • He remained nearly a year at Brundisium, and it is melancholy to think how sad and how long must have been the days with him.

    The Life of Cicero | Anthony Trollope
  • He again thinks of starting from Brundisium, and promises, when he has arrived there, instantly to begin a new work.

    The Life of Cicero | Anthony Trollope
  • Leaving his province on the earliest opportunity, he reached Brundisium on the 24th of November, and found civil war inevitable.

  • Thence they were transferred across the isthmus to a ship which skirted the shores of Epirus and landed them at Brundisium.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent

British Dictionary definitions for Brundisium

Brundisium

/ (brʌnˈdɪzɪəm) /


noun
  1. the ancient name for Brindisi

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