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English
Etymology
From Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Herculaneum
- (historical) A city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin
Translations
Latin
Etymology
Named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension
- Herculaneum (former city in Campania)
- Herculaneum (former city in Samnium)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
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