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Meanings of
necropolis
in English
Portuguese
cemitérios
Catalan
cementiri
Spanish
cementerio
Back to the meaning
A tract of land used for burials.
cemetery
graveyard
burial site
burial ground
burying ground
memorial park
Portuguese
cemitérios
Russian
некрополь
Portuguese
necrópole
Spanish
ciudad de los muertos
Catalan
necròpolis
Back to the meaning
Large ancient cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.
city of the dead
Russian
некрополь
Synonyms
Examples for "
cemetery
"
cemetery
graveyard
burial site
burial ground
burying ground
Examples for "
cemetery
"
1
A BOMB exploded early this morning outside a
cemetery
in west London.
2
The dedication of the new
cemetery
at Gettysburg had been important, therefore.
3
New urban
cemetery
land is limited and regulations regarding cemeteries are complex.
4
And there were many new graves in the
cemetery
on the hill.
5
So the
cemetery
site was way out of town, said Ms Edmonds.
1
The Buso live in the great branching trees and in the
graveyard
.
2
The
graveyard
of Canada in Flanders is large; it is very large.
3
It is a myth that health is a
graveyard
of political careers.
4
You are in the
graveyard
of all the emotions of the earth.
5
I remember the
graveyard
I believe you know my name it's Mary.
1
They went to a Viking
burial
site
on Man associated with sacrifice.
2
At the
burial
site
,
the other two orange trucks were already parked.
3
Tamhlacht means a mass
burial
site
for plague or famine victims.
4
The mound in Fernleigh-Over is probably an Indian
burial
site
of some antiquity.
5
Was it a
burial
site
or, as many suggest, a place of worship?
1
I didn't enjoy all the excitement about the
burial
ground
,
of course.
2
Only at the extreme end of the
burial
ground
did it pause.
3
Either way, the Abenaki's complaint about a
burial
ground
had been valid.
4
Through an open archway to the east we enter the
burial
ground
.
5
It made you want to tread carefully, as at any
burial
ground
.
1
In recent years, the
burying
ground
had become popular with Chinese tourists.
2
There was a small and very ancient-looking
burying
ground
on the point.
3
Four men stood inside the rusted fence of the Bonecutter
burying
ground
.
4
The
burying
ground
,
said Frater Antony, was a short distance into the desert.
5
This
burying
ground
will be referred to hereafter; so do not forget it.
1
Present to your community some needed
memorial
park
,
building, or other monument.
2
The
memorial
park
was a verdant green field surrounded by trees bright with new spring growth.
3
The RSA is opposing the building of the country's first
memorial
park
to wartime conscientious objectors.
4
The RSA is opposing the planned site of the country's first
memorial
park
to wartime conscientious objectors.
5
The
memorial
park
was officially opened at the weekend to acknowledge the centenary of the First World War.
Usage of
necropolis
in English
1
They echoed throughout the
necropolis
,
accompanied by a louder crash of stone.
2
The whole population of the
necropolis
made their living out of the dead.
3
The damage to the basilica and the
necropolis
can be repaired.
4
The
necropolis
was the burial site for courtiers and high-ranking officials.
5
The camera pointing into the main
necropolis
revealed nothing but darkness.
6
Rachel mapped out the route to the center of the
necropolis
.
7
She headed out into the dark
necropolis
,
walking along an ancient Roman road.
8
They were a vast
necropolis
,
a never-ending city of the dead.
9
The
necropolis
is like that, an ancient Roman cemetery buried beneath the Grottoes.
10
He further continued the labours of Lepsius about the
necropolis
of Memphis and Saqqâra.
11
The
necropolis
was not astir and the streets were wind-haunted.
12
While hardly festive, the resulting transformation did at least render the
necropolis
less forbidding.
13
The tomb was found in a buried ridge at the ancient
necropolis
of Saqqara.
14
What has been uncovered is a vast
necropolis
of more than 131 immense tombs.
15
In the space of ten days, the former county of HMV has become a
necropolis
.
16
The moles in the
necropolis
are richer than they.
Other examples for "necropolis"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
necropolis
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
ancient necropolis
vast necropolis
dark necropolis
great necropolis
lay the necropolis
More collocations
Translations for
necropolis
Portuguese
cemitérios
necrópole
cemitério
Catalan
cementiri
necròpolis
fossar
necròpoli
Spanish
cementerio
ciudad de los muertos
necrópolis
necropolis
Russian
некрополь
Necropolis
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Necropolis
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