Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

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.


Cumae British  
/ ˈkjuːmiː /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Town and River on the coast of Campania, N. of Cumae.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

He and his brother were brought up by their mother Cornelia, assisted by the rhetorician Diophanes of Mytilene and the Stoic Blossius of Cumae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Cumae" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com