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[maw-suh-lee-uh
m, -zuh-] 
–noun, plural -le⋅ums, -le⋅a [-lee-uh] .
[-lee-uh] . | 1. | a stately and magnificent tomb. |
| 2. | a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building. |
| 3. | a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? b.c. |
Compare Seven Wonders of the World.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L < Gk Mausoleîon the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria
1375–1425; late ME < L < Gk Mausoleîon the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria
Related forms:
mau⋅so⋅le⋅an, adjective
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| mau·so·le·um (mô'sə-lē'əm, -zə-) n. pl. mau·so·le·ums or mau·so·le·a (-lē'ə)
[Middle English, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, Mausolus (died c. 353 B.C.), Persian satrap of Caria whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.] mau'so·le'an adj. |
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Mausoleum
Mau`so*le"um\, n.; pl. E. Mausoleums, L. -lea. [L. mausoleum, Gr. ?, fr. ? Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.] A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
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Language Translation for : mausoleum
Spanish:
mausoleo,
German:
das Mausoleum,
Japanese:
陵墓
mausoleum [(maw-suh-lee-uhm, maw-zuh-lee-uhm)]
A tomb, or a building containing tombs. Mausoleums are often richly decorated. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum.
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mausoleum
1546, from L. mausoleum "magnificent tomb," from Gk. Mausoleion, massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Gk. city in Asia Minor) for Mausolos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. It was counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from 1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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