herculaneum

English Thesaurus

1. ancient city; now destroyed (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	italia, italian republic, italy,
definition	:	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 (noun.location)