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Cumae
[
kyoo
-mee
]
Cu·mae
/
ˈkyu
mi
/
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kyoo
-mee
]
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noun
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek
colony
in Italy or in Sicily.
Related forms
Cu·mae·an,
adjective
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Cumae
(ˈkjuːmiː)
—
n
the oldest Greek colony in Italy, founded about 750
bc
near Naples
Cu'maean
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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