Cumae

American  

[kyoo-mee] / ˈkyu 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

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

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

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 little doubt that the Apollo-cult spread from Cumae northwards, and was by this time well established in Italy.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

There were, as Pliny and other writers imply, many pottery centres in Italy, at Rhegium, Cumae, Mutina and elsewhere, as well as at Saguntum in Spain, but all were surpassed in excellence by Arretium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various