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ne·crop·o·lis

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–noun, plural -lis·es.

1.	a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city.

2.	a historic or prehistoric burial ground.

[Origin: 1810–20; < Gk nekrópolis burial place (lit., city of the dead). See necro-, -polis

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nec·ro·pol·i·tan

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ne·crop·o·lis Audio Help (nə-krŏp'ə-lĭs, ně-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ne·crop·o·lis·es or ne·crop·o·leis (-lās')
A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.

[Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- + polis, city; see pelə-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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necropolis

"large cemetery" of an ancient or modern city, 1819, from L.L., lit. "city of the dead," From Gk. necro- (see necro-) + polis "city" (see policy (1)).

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necropolis
noun
a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery]

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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.

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