A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
[Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- + polis, city.]
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A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
[Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- + polis, city.]
As the song goes, they tried to "pave paradise and put up a parking lot," but when construction workers in Vatican City found a necropolis (ancient burial place) on the site, plans changed. Now, the area is opening as a tourist attraction.
"A well-preserved necropolis, discovered during the building of a parking garage in Vatican City, will open as a museum on Thursday, offering new insights into society and religion in imperial Rome. "
Link: IOL: Vatican to unveil Roman Necropolis
Posted October 11, 2006.
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1. A city of the dead; a large cemetery in ancient Egypt, Greece, Phoenicia, Carthage, etc.
2. An ancient or historic burial place.
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An area of tombs, temples, and pathways which together amount to a ‘city of the dead’.
A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead"). Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - begravelsesplads
Nederlands (Dutch)
dodenstad, begraafplaats
Français (French)
n. - nécropole
Deutsch (German)
n. - Totenstadt, (großer) Friedhof
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεκρόπολη
Português (Portuguese)
n. - necrópole (f)
Русский (Russian)
кладбище, некрополь
Español (Spanish)
n. - necrópolis, cementerio
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - begravningsplats
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
大墓地, 古代的埋葬地
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大墓地, 古代的埋葬地
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대규모의 고동 묘지, 죽음의 도시(폐허)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 共同墓地, 死滅都市
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مدينه الموتى : مقبرة كبيرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית-קברות או מקום קבורה עתיק
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