Usually means: Ancient Roman city, volcano buried.
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  1. pompeii: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Pompeii: Merriam-Webster
  3. Pompeii: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Pompeii: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. Pompeii, pompeii: Wordnik
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  9. Pompeii: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Pompeii: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. Pompeii (Bastille song), Pompeii (EP), Pompeii (album), Pompeii (band), Pompeii (disambiguation), Pompeii (film), Pompeii (novel), Pompeii (song), Pompeii: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pompeii)

▸ noun:  A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.
▸ noun:  A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Similar:
Vesuvius, Sorrento, Stabiae, Ostia, Capua, Veii, Alba Longa, Viterbo, Tivoli, Rome, more...

Types:
Herculaneum, Borgo, Oplontis, Stabiae, Velia, more...

Phrases:
Pompeii worm, pompeii gladius, pompeii sword, Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum, The Last Day of Pompeii, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, old, modern, new, mediaeval, second, century, dead, nearby, perfect, little

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    ochre,     burnt sienna,     brick red,     ash gray,     charcoal, more...

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Similar:
Vesuvius, Sorrento, Stabiae, Ostia, Capua, Veii, Alba Longa, Viterbo, Tivoli, Rome, more...

Types:
Herculaneum, Borgo, Oplontis, Stabiae, Velia, more...

Phrases:
Pompeii worm, pompeii gladius, pompeii sword, Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum, The Last Day of Pompeii, Live at Pompeii, The Fires of Pompeii, Amphitheatre of Pompeii, The Last Days of Pompeii, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, old, modern, new, mediaeval, second, century, dead, nearby, perfect, little

Colors:
    ochre,     burnt sienna,     brick red,     ash gray,     charcoal, more...



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