[ ˌmɔ:sə'lɪəm , -z- ]
■ noun ( plural mausolea -'lɪə or ~s ) a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.
Origin
C15: via L. from Gk Mausōleion , from Mausōlos , the name of a king of Caria (4th cent. BC), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was orig. applied.