Vesuvius

[ vuh-soo-vee-uhs ]

noun

1. Mount, an active volcano in SW Italy, near Naples. Its eruption destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum a.d. 79. About 3,900 feet (1,190 meters).

Vesuvius

/ vɪˈsuːvɪəs /

noun

1. a volcano in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: first recorded eruption in 79 ad , which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae; numerous eruptions since then. Average height: 1220 m (4003 ft) Italian nameVesuvioveˈzuːvjo

Example Sentences

Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption from nearby Mount Vesuvius in AD79, is one of the best-preserved Roman sites anywhere in the world.

From BBC

“I felt like it was Mt. Vesuvius spewing out dust and we were going to be buried in ash like Pompeii,” says Victoria Cotler, Zachary’s partner, who celebrated their wedding at our camp’s wedding venue.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s a walking inferiority complex, compensating with random acts of violence, like a Caligula fanboy, and looks ready at any minute to pop off like Vesuvius.

From Los Angeles Times

A wide residential and commercial block, known as "Region 9", is being cleared of several metres of overlying pumice and ash thrown out by Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.

From BBC

The late Bruno Ganz’s Adolf Hitler, dug into this bunker like a late summer tick, transforms in the space of a door clicking shut into an erupting Vesuvius, spewing lava-hot rage on his top officers.

From Salon