necropolis
See also: necrópolis
English
Etymology
A ticket bought to transport a coffin on the London Necropolis Railway, a railway line that formerly ran between London and Brookwood Cemetery in Brookwood, Surrey, England, UK, which is also known as the London Necropolis (sense 1).
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, Egypt, is part of the Theban Necropolis (sense 2).
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Borrowed from Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”) (used to describe part of the city of Alexandria, Egypt), from Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to disappear; to perish”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- (“city; fortification”)). The English word is analysable as necro- + -polis, and is cognate with French nécropole, German Nekropolis, Late Latin necropolis.[1]
The plural form necropoleis is derived from Ancient Greek νεκροπόλεις (nekropóleis).[1]
Pronunciation
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Audio (GA): (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧cro‧pol‧is
Noun
necropolis (plural necropolises or necropoleis or necropoles or necropoli)
- (chiefly historical, also figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
- Synonyms: (rare) necropole; see also Thesaurus:cemetery
- (archaeology) An ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments.
- 1988, Barbara Hambly, Those Who Hunt the Night:
- "How did you happen to discover it?" he inquired as they emerged from the end of the avenue under a massive gateway carved by the cemetery's developers to resemble some regal necropolis of the Pharaohs.
Alternative forms
Translations
cemetery
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ancient site used for burying the dead
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Compare “necropolis, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003; “necropolis, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
necropolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”).
Pronunciation
Noun
necropolis f (plural necropolissen)
- necropolis (burial site, esp. an old one)
- Synonyms: dodenstad, knekelstad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: nekropolis
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