POMPEII


Meaning of POMPEII in English

/pom pay", -pay"ee/ , n.

an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: it was buried along with Herculaneum by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79; much of the city has been excavated.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .