necropoli

Concepts

necropolis

graveyard

cemetery

memorial park

burial site

burying ground

Aoyama

burial ground

nekropolis

churchyard

Kyoto

Synonyms

camposanto

cimitero

sepolcreto

campo santo

Translations

necrópolis

necròpoli

nécropole

necrópole

cementerio

necròpolis

cementiri

cemitério

cimetière

begraafplaats

fossar

Friedhof

Nekropole

coemeterium

Hyphenated as

ne‧crò‧po‧li

Pronounced as (IPA)

/neˈkrɔ.po.li/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, literally “city of the dead”), which denoted the underground tombs of Alexandria in modern-day Egypt. By surface analysis, necro- (“necro-”, “dead”) + -poli (“-polis”, “city”).