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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Aeneas had been told by the prophet Helenus as soon as he reached the Italian land to seek the cave of the Sibyl of Cumae, a woman of deep wisdom, who could foretell the future and would advise him what to do.

From Literature

Researchers from the Jean Berard Centre in Naples and the Collège de France in Paris were exploring a Roman-era necropolis at the Cumae site when they discovered the naked figure painted on the wall of a tomb.

From Fox News

It is located in the city of Cumae, which was a major ancient Greek colony on the Italian mainland.

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