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Necropolis
Ne-crop′o-lis
,Noun.
pl.
Necropolises
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
νεκρόσ
a dead body, adj., dead + [GREEK] city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
Definition 2024
necropolis
necropolis
See also: necrópolis
English
A drawing entitled "La nécropole des Rajahs de Jhansie" ("The Necropolis of the Rajahs of Jhansi") from the 1872 issue of the French journal Le Tour du monde (Around the World)
Alternative forms
Noun
necropolis (plural necropolises or necropoleis or necropoles)
- A large cemetery, especially one of elaborate construction in an ancient city.
Translations
large cemetery