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

It is said to derive its name from Βαῖος, the helmsman of Ulysses, whose grave was shown there; it was originally, perhaps, the harbour of Cumae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

And he also sent to Cumae as large a garrison as he thought would be sufficient to guard the fortress there.

From Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. by H. B. Dewing