mausoleum

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, grand building that contains a tomb or several tombs.

   The emperor was buried in a marble mausoleum.

2. 2
   noun

   A gloomy, lifeless large room or building.

   Without customers, the old mall felt like a mausoleum.

Simplified etymology

Mausoleum came via Latin from Greek Mausōleion, derived from Mausōlos, a king of Caria in the fourth century BC. The word was originally applied to his tomb at Halicarnassus.

From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos); named after Mausolus (?–395 BCE), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria, whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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