Cumae

American  

[kyoo-mee] / ˈkju mi /

noun

1. an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.

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Cumae British  

/ ˈkjuːmiː /

noun

1. the oldest Greek colony in Italy, founded about 750 _bc near Naples

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Other Word Forms

• Cumaean
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Cumae

Puteoli and Cumae proved to be popular destinations among those who survived the eruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

If the eruption had taken place in late October, many more would have been saved by attending the weekly market at Cumae, which lay still farther from the danger zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

At Cumae, a huge shell was found in the Sibyl's grotto, which the discoverers told themselves was the amplifier through which the Sibyl had broadcast her prophecies.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a certain Anaxaris, who has been instrumental in preventing Mandane from being, according to her almost invariable custom, carried off from Cumae also.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury

These books were brought to Rome from the Greek town of Cumae; they were written in Greek, and contained oracles which were ascribed to an old Greek prophetess.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies