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Pompeji

Pompeji is the alternative form of Pompeii.

Meaning of Pompeii

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.

Origin of Pompeji

Borrowed from Latin Pompeji, from Oscan *pompe (“five”), a reference to its five districts. Doublet of cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and punch (“beverage”).

Words formed from Pompeji

  • Pompejian

Questions about Pompeji

What is Pompeji the alternative form of?
Pompeji is the alternative form of Pompeii.

Words near Pompeji in the dictionary

  1. Pompeii worm
  2. Pompeii worms
  3. Pompeiian
  4. Pompeiians
  5. Pompeis
  6. Pompeji
  7. pompelmoose
  8. pompelmooses
  9. pompelmous
  10. pompelmouse
  11. pompelmouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pompeji (page history and authors); 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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