necropole

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cemetery, especially a large or ancient burial ground; a rare form of ‘necropolis’

   At dusk, the ruined necropole looked like a silent city.

A rare variant influenced by French nécropole, from Greek nekros, ‘dead body,’ and polis, ‘city.’ It literally denotes a ‘city of the dead’ and is usually replaced in modern English by necropolis.

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