mount vesuvius mount vernon • mount whitney · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · mount vesuvius · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) 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. Synonyms: Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius, Mt. Vesuvius. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075 v latin small letter v U+0076