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单词 necropole
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necropolen.

Brit. /ˈnɛkrə(ʊ)pəʊl/, U.S. /ˈnɛkroʊˌpoʊl/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nécropole.
Etymology: < French nécropole (1831 denoting an ancient cemetery, 1834 in general sense ‘large municipal cemetery’) < post-classical Latin necropolis (see necropolis n.). Compare earlier necropolis n.
rare.
A burial ground, cemetery. Cf. necropolis n.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]
littenc900
charnel1377
burying-place1382
fosse?a1425
churchyard1477
golgotha1604
God's acre1605
cemetery1613
burial-place1633
dormitory1634
burying-ground1711
burial-field1743
graveyard1767
burial-ground1803
burial-yard1842
boneyard1866
Boot Hill1901
necropole1921
memorial park1927
grave-site1953
1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow xx. 219 Crome calls me like the voice of vesperal bells, Haunts like a ghostly-peopled necropole.
1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 18 June 13 We arrive at the cemetery, this urban necropole.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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