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Vesuvius

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /vəˈsu.vi.əs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V AH0 S UW1 V IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A kind of firework supposed to resemble a volcano eruption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mount Vesuvius, Mt. Vesuvius

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: volcano

History

Etymology

From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِيزُوف (fizūf) — volcano in Italy
  • Armenian: Վեզուվ (Vezuv) — volcano in Italy
  • Bulgarian: Везу́вий (Vezúvij) — volcano in Italy
  • Catalan: Vesuvi — volcano in Italy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維蘇威火山 /维苏威火山 (Wéisūwēi huǒshān) — volcano in Italy
  • Czech: Vesuv — volcano in Italy
  • Danish: Vesuv — volcano in Italy
  • Dutch: Vesuvius — volcano in Italy
  • Esperanto: Vezuvio — volcano in Italy
  • Estonian: Vesuuv — volcano in Italy
  • Finnish: Vesuvius — volcano in Italy
  • French: Vésuve — volcano in Italy
  • Galician: Vesuvio — volcano in Italy
  • Georgian: ვეზუვი (vezuvi) — volcano in Italy
  • German: Vesuv — volcano in Italy
  • Greek: Βεζούβιος (Vezoúvios) — volcano in Italy
  • Hungarian: Vezúv — volcano in Italy
  • Irish: Veasúiv — volcano in Italy
  • Italian: Vesuvio — volcano in Italy
  • Japanese: ヴェスヴィオ (Vesuvio) — volcano in Italy
  • Japanese: ヴェスヴィオ火山 (Vesuvio-kazan) — volcano in Italy
  • Japanese: ベスビオ火山 (Besubio-kazan) — volcano in Italy
  • Latin: Vesuvius — volcano in Italy
  • Latvian: Vezuvs — volcano in Italy
  • Lithuanian: Vezuvijus — volcano in Italy
  • Macedonian: Везув (Vezuv) — volcano in Italy
  • Norwegian: Vesuv — volcano in Italy
  • Polish: Wezuwiusz — volcano in Italy
  • Portuguese: Vesúvio — volcano in Italy
  • Romanian: Vezuviu — volcano in Italy
  • Russian: Везу́вий (Vezúvij) — volcano in Italy
  • Spanish: Vesubio — volcano in Italy
  • Swedish: Vesuvius — volcano in Italy
  • Turkish: Vezüv — volcano in Italy