Vesuvius

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Vesuvius
       n : 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: {Mount
           Vesuvius}, {Mt. Vesuvius}]



From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Vesuvius, VA
    Zip code(s): 24483