Pompeii
[pom-pey, -pey-ee]
- an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: it was buried along with Herculaneum by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; much of the city has been excavated.
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Contemporary Examples
Yea, OK, so Pompeii has movies with Jon Snow, songs, and millions of visitors—but is it under water?!
I came back from doing Pompeii and that had helped me with my fighting skills.
Pompeii is an easy target because of its size and because it is badly guarded.
Husks of homes, some of them choked in jungular vines, furnish a tropical Pompeii for viewers on the disaster bus tours.
Pompeii is at risk of becoming a wasteland as its ruins disintegrate to dust due to lack of maintenance.
Historical Examples
Pirates had brought him here to Pompeii, and had sold him as a slave.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
"This must be where Pompeii lies buried," the wise men said.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
This also was one of the gay places in Pompeii, for it was a bathhouse.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
One of them is perhaps the most interesting place in all Pompeii.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
But Pompeii was a city of business, too, and had many workshops.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
Pompeii
- an ancient city in Italy, southeast of Naples: buried by an eruption of Vesuvius (79 ad); excavation of the site, which is extremely well preserved, began in 1748
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Word Origin and History for pompeii
Pompeii
Roman town buried by volcanic eruption 79 C.E., excavated beginning in 1755; the name is from Oscan pompe "five," in reference to its five districts. Related: Pompeian.
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Pompeii
[(pom-pay, pom-pay-ee)]
A city of the Roman Empire, on the Italian seacoast, that was known for the luxury and dissipated ways of its citizens. It was destroyed in the first century by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius.
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