Pompeii

Pompei English Etymology en itc-pro ine-pro en la Pompeiī, of en osc - origin, from en osc *pompe five + the Latin name-forming suffix la -eius -eiī, a reference to its five districts. Related to en cinque, en five, en pimp five five, en ponzu, en punch beverage beverage, and en sengi currency currency. Pronunciation en /pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/ UK en /pɑːmˈpeɪ(i)/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pompeii.wav Southern England en en-us-Pompeii.oga US Proper noun A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79. A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. Derived terms en Pompeiana Pompeiian Related terms en Pompeian Translations a historical city Afrikaans: af Pompeii n, af Pompeji n Arabic: ar بُومْبِي m bumbī Armenian: hy Պոմպեյ Catalan: ca Pompeia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 龐貝 Dutch: nl Pompeï n Esperanto: eo Pompejo Finnish: fi Pompeji French: fr Pompéi f Galician: gl Pompeia f German: de Pompeji n Greek: el Πομπηία f Italian: it Pompei f Japanese: ja ポンペイ Ponpei Latin: la Pompeiī m Neapolitan: nap Pumpeje f Occitan: oc Pompéia f Polish: pl Pompeje nv-p Portuguese: pt Pompeios f Russian: ru Помпе́и p Sicilian: scn Pumpei m Spanish: es Pompeya f Swedish: sv Pompeji n the commune in Campania Arabic: ar بومبي m bumbī Catalan: ca Pompeia f French: fr Pompéi f German: de Pompei n, de Pompeji n Italian: it Pompei f Japanese: ja ポンペイ Ponpei Latin: la Pompeiī m Neapolitan: nap Pumpeje f Occitan: oc Pompéia f Polish: pl Pompeje nv-p Sicilian: scn Pumpei m Latin la:+ (urbs antiqua) thumb|Karl Bryullov's The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-3) thumb|Jakob Philipp Hackert's The Excavations at Pompeii (1799) Alternative forms la Pompejī Etymology la osc -, from la osc *pompe five la -eius#Etymology_1. A reference to the city's five districts, from la itc-pro *kʷenkʷe, from la ine-pro *pénkʷe. See also the en gens name la Pompeius and la quīnque, the native word for “five”. Pronunciation Pompeiī Proper noun Pompeiī<2.loc> en Pompeii a en maritime city in the south of en Campania, overwhelmed by an eruption of en Vesuvius, A.D. 79 Declension Pompeiī<2.loc> Derived terms la Pompeiānī inhabitants of Pompeii m-p noun la Pompeiānum a villa of Cicero near Pompeii n noun la Pompeiānus of, belonging to Pompeii adjective Related terms la Pompeius See also la Campānia la Vesuvius Proper noun la proper noun form Pompeiī m la Pompeius gen s References Pompeji