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necropolis |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: necropolis n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard}, {burial site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}]
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