Verulamium

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proper noun

A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

OriginLatin Verulamium →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

    The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban. He lived in the town called Verulamium.

    1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
st albansverulam

Origin

  1. LatinVerulamium
  2. EnglishVerulamium

From Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.

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APA

Verulamium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Verulamium

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“Verulamium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Verulamium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Verulamium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Verulamium.

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