HyperDic: mt]_vesuvius

English > 1 sense of the expression Mt. Vesuvius:
NOUNlocationMt. Vesuvius, Vesuvius, Mount Vesuviusa volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast
English > Mt. Vesuvius: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944.
SynonymsVesuvius, Mount Vesuvius
Instance ofvolcanoA mountain formed by volcanic material
Part ofItaly, Italian Republic, ItaliaA republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula
SpanishVesubio
CatalanVesuvi

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