Hypertext Webster Gateway: "necropolis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Necropolis \Ne*crop"o*lis\, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr.
Gr. ?; ? a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.]
A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their
cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a
graveyard.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
necropolis
n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard},
{burial site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial
park}]
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