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Meanings of necropolis in English
A tract of land used for burials.
Synonyms
Examples for "city of the dead"
Examples for "city of the dead"
1
No painter could depict the frightfulness of that city of the dead.
2
With a gesture of despair, he left the city of the dead.
3
The streets were deserted; it might have been a city of the dead.
4
For in the city of the dead solitude may be found.
5
She would need an army, a city of the dead...she would need Lordaeron.
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.
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