MEANING
A large cemetery or burial complex, especially an ancient one.
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Words that belong together
- ancient necropolis
- royal necropolis
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The path entered the ancient necropolis.
Tombs filled the royal necropolis.
The guide described the necropolis’s history.
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- necropolis
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular necropolis; plural necropolises. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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