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Verulamium

American  
[ver-yoo-lay-mee-uhm] / ˌvɛr jʊˈleɪ mi əm /

noun

  1. ancient name of St. Albans.


Verulamium British  
/ ˌvɛrʊˈleɪmɪəm /

noun

  1. the Latin name of Saint Albans

"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 Roman theater of Verulamium was a short drive away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Verulamium Park in St Albans was used by Timothée Chalamet, who plays Willy Wonka, and a Warner Bros film crew last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023

He said after looking at Verulamium Park the producers "thought it would be ideal".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2022

Roused by Boudica, an army of Britons attacked the Romans at their principal military establishment, Camulodunum, now Colchester; in Londinium, the town that was the precursor to London; and in Verulamium, now St. Albans.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2019

Not far from St. Alban's once stood the celebrated Roman city of Verulam, called by Tacitus Verulamium, which Bacon, deeply imbued with Latin learning, appropriately selected for his first title.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various

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