necropolis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: necropolis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for necropolis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necropolis n a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Necropolis \Necrop"olis\, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] 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.