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Tusculum

American

[tuhs-kyuh-luhm] / ˈtʌs kyə ləm /

noun

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

Tusculum British

/ ˈtʌskjʊləm /

noun

an ancient city in Latium near Rome

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Tusculan adjective

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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

Rome was now suffering from domestic wounds, when, fortunately, a little counter-irritation was got up, by an attack of the Veliternians on Tusculum.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

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