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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

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Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius

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pliny the elder gaius plinius secundus pompeii vesuvius extravasate pliny belch come down erupt precipitate more...

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