necropolis
/nɛˈkrɒpəlɪs
/noun
A cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city.It is located in the city of Giza, a necropolis of ancient Memphis, and today it is part of Cairo, Egypt....
- Nowhere is this more apparent than Westminster abbey, which he established as the royal necropolis.
- Just 300 metres away are the latest archeological excavations of a necropolis dating back 3000 years…
Origin
Early 19th century: from Greek, from nekros 'dead person' + polis 'city'.
Rhymes
- deindustrialisation
- deindustrialization
- deindustrialize
- deink
- deinonychosaur
- deinonychus
- deinothere
- deinotherium
- deinstal
- deinstall
- deinstallation
- deinstaller
- deinstitutionalise
- deinstitutionalization
- deinstitutionalize
- deionise
- deionization
- deionize
- deionizer
- Deirdre
- deisal
- deism
- deist
- deistic
- deistical