Pompeii is an English word with synonyms like city or metropolis. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pompeii meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Pompeii
Using Pompeii
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, pompeii often appears in combinations such as: of pompeii, in pompeii, pompeii was.
Context around Pompeii
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pompeii
- In this selection, "pompeii" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, polar, confirmed, cast, stars and isn stand out and add context to how "pompeii" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also confirmed pompeii citizens came and city like pompeii isn t. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pompeii" sits close to words such as abington, acura and adt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pompeii
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pompeii cast at the Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii. (10 words)
Our journey started in Pompeii, in the dating back to the first century. (13 words)
It seems as though most survivors stayed as close as they could to Pompeii. (14 words)
The hall, which features a mosaic floor, was uncovered as part of a project to shore up the areas dividing the excavated and unexcavated parts of Pompeii, the ancient city near Naples that was destroyed in 79 A.D. when Mt. Vesuvius erupted. (43 words)
Owing to the fact the Moroccan trilobites were encased in hot ash in sea water, their bodies fossilized very quickly as the ash transformed to rock—meeting a similar end to the inhabitants of Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (41 words)
At the time, the Roman Empire extended from Britain to North Africa and the Middle East, while Pompeii was located next to one of the ancient world’s busiest ports, where ships regularly arrived from Alexandria in Egypt, Barrett said. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pompeii cast at the Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii.
One of Pompeii's most famous domus, which contains works of art and tells the story of the social ascent of two former slaves, has reopened to visitors.
The Pompeii stars played Bad Blood in full along with a selection of other hits at Slessor Gardens.
And, on the other side, it’s also just – the one reason why people connect so much to Pompeii,” she said.
A new room with painted blue walls, a very rare color in Pompeii, has emerged during recent excavations in the central area of the ancient city.
A tourist visits the archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy, on Apr 27, 2021.
At the time, the Roman Empire extended from Britain to North Africa and the Middle East, while Pompeii was located next to one of the ancient world’s busiest ports, where ships regularly arrived from Alexandria in Egypt, Barrett said.
Deception Island’s volcanic caldera, Port Foster, allows ships to sail into its centre, adding to the eerie allure of this polar Pompeii.
Deploying sustainable solutions in a historic city like Pompeii isn’t always straightforward, but cutting down energy bills and enhancing local sustainability are worth it.
In addition to the drawings, archaeologists uncovered the petrified remains of a man and a woman who perished when the volcano erupted, capturing the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in a time capsule first discovered in the 16th century.
I think we already had proof from all those roads, aqueducts, temples and the coliseum long before the ruins of Pompeii were discovered.
It seems as though most survivors stayed as close as they could to Pompeii.
Our journey started in Pompeii, in the dating back to the first century.
Owing to the fact the Moroccan trilobites were encased in hot ash in sea water, their bodies fossilized very quickly as the ash transformed to rock—meeting a similar end to the inhabitants of Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Pompeii, located in Campania in southern Italy, is an open-air museum where visitors can easily view the shockingly vivid remnants of the complete devastation of the city after the violent volcanic eruption.
Researchers also confirmed Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants – underscoring a broad pattern of movement and cultural exchange in the Roman Empire.
Some were perhaps authors of the gladiatorial graffiti still legible on Pompeii’s walls.
The hall, which features a mosaic floor, was uncovered as part of a project to shore up the areas dividing the excavated and unexcavated parts of Pompeii, the ancient city near Naples that was destroyed in 79 A.D. when Mt. Vesuvius erupted.
Together, park scientists and the study authors are working on a larger project to better understand the genetic diversity present in Pompeii during the Roman Empire.
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of two men who died in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.
Common combinations with pompeii
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of pompeii 15×
- in pompeii 13×
- pompeii was 5×
- from pompeii 5×
- the pompeii 4×
- to pompeii 3×
- pompeii in 3×
- pompeii were 2×
- at pompeii 2×
- pompeii show 2×