1. [Brit, informal] A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
   - Portsmouth
    
2. 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

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

Part of: England

Encyclopedia: Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle