— 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 ]