necropolis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
necropolis
    n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery},
         {graveyard}, {burial site}, {burial ground}, {burying
         ground}, {memorial park}, {necropolis}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Necropolis \Ne*crop"o*lis\, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr.
   Gr. ?; nekro`s 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.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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