necropolis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tract of land used for burials
    graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burying ground; burial site.

WordNet


Ne*crop"o*lis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a dead body, adj., dead + city.
Wordforms
plural Necropolises
Definitions
  1. A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

Webster 1913