Brundisium

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

/ brʌnˈdɪz i əm, -ˈdɪʒ i- /

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noun

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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various

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

the ancient name for Brindisi

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