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POMPEY
Portsmouth, Pompey
(noun) a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain’s major naval base
Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great
(noun) Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Pompey
a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Pompey
(slang) The city of Portsmouth.
(slang, soccer) Portsmouth Football Club.
Source: Wiktionary
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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