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Tusculum

American  
[tuhs-kyuh-luhm] / ˈtʌs kjə ləm /

noun

  1. an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.


Tusculum British  
/ ˈtʌskjʊləm /

noun

  1. an ancient city in Latium near Rome

"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

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The previous mark was 59 in a three-game sweep of Tusculum in 1909.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2022

Peacock was the offensive line coach at Tusculum University last season.

From Fox News Aug. 21, 2021

Another site, at Tusculum University, a liberal arts college founded in 1794, holds his library, a small collection of books that are mostly government printings of records and documents.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2020

Harris was a head women’s basketball coach at Tusculum from 2009-12 and at UNC Wilmington from 2012-17.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2019

The distance of Tusculum from Rome, which was only four leagues, afforded Cicero an easy retreat from the fatigues of the Senate and Forum.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

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