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Noun: Pompey  póm-pee
  1. Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
    - Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great
     
  2. A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
    - Portsmouth

Type of: city, full general, general, metropolis, national leader, port, solon, statesman, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: England

Encyclopedia: Pompey Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle Pompey, New York