Vesuv

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Etymology

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Proper noun

der Vesuv m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Vesuv or des Vesuvs)

  1. Vesuvius (mountain and active volcano in central Italy)
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 35/2010, page 104:
      Mehr als drei Millionen Menschen wären vom sekundenschnellen Hitzetod bedroht, würde der Vesuv noch einmal so gewaltig explodieren wie im Jahr 79 nach Christus.
      More than three million people would be threatened by heat death within seconds, should Vesuvius explode again as enormously as in the year 79 AD.

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