HERCULANEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Herculaneum mean? 

• HERCULANEUM (noun)
  The noun HERCULANEUM has 1 sense:

1. ancient city; now destroyed

  Familiarity information: HERCULANEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERCULANEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ancient city; now destroyed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Herculaneum" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

 Context examples 

After what Amy would call Herculaneum efforts, in the way of mental and moral agriculture, my young ideas begin to shoot and my little twigs to bend as I could wish.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)