noun
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
• Syn: ↑Mount Vesuvius, ↑Mt. Vesuvius
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑volcano
• Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.