Necropolis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  necropolis
       n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard},
            {burial site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial
           park}]
       [also: {necropoleis} (pl)]