Mount Vesuvius
How did Mount Vesuvius get its name?
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hanso
How did Mount Vesuvius come to be called so?
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One theory is that Vesuvius comes from VESVVIVS which is the english morphed name of Huēsou huios which belonged to Heracles
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Ou is sounded like V when spoken in English
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