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Pompeii

/pɒmˈpeɪ(i)//pɑːmˈpeɪ(i)/

Pompeii proper noun: a ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.

Proper noun

Pompeii

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

Pompeii meaning in Arabic

Pompeii in Arabic

a historical city
بُومْبِي bumbī
the commune in Campania
بومبي bumbī

Origin of Pompeii

Borrowed from Latin Pompeiī, of Oscan origin, from Oscan *pompe (“five”) + the Latin name-forming suffix -eiī, a reference to its five districts. Related to cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).

Words formed from Pompeii

Phrases with Pompeii

Questions about Pompeii

What does Pompeii mean?
Pompeii means a ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.
What is Pompeii in Arabic?
Pompeii in Arabic is بُومْبِي (bumbī), بومبي (bumbī). See Pompeii meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Pompeii?
Pompeii is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pompeii?
Pompeii is pronounced /pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/ (UK).

Words near Pompeii in the dictionary

  1. Pompeian
  2. Pompeian red
  3. Pompeian reds
  4. Pompeiana
  5. Pompeians
  6. Pompeii
  7. Pompeii worm
  8. Pompeii worms
  9. Pompeiian
  10. Pompeiians
  11. Pompeis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pompeii (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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