NECROPOLIS


Meaning of NECROPOLIS in English

— necropolitan /nek'reuh pol"i tn/ , adj.

/neuh krop"euh lis, ne-/ , n. , pl. necropolises .

1. a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city.

2. a historic or prehistoric burial ground.

[ 1810-20; nekrópolis burial place (lit., city of the dead). See NECRO-, -POLIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .