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Mount Vesuvius

DEFINITIONS OF: Mount Vesuvius

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n a 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

Synonyms:
Mt. Vesuvius, Vesuvius
Example of:
volcano
a mountain formed by volcanic material
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