vesuvius

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vesuvius - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Vesuvius
      n 1: 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: Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius
           , Mt. Vesuvius]

vesuvius - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Vesuvius, VA
    Zip code(s): 24483