necropolis

A noun referring to a large, ancient cemetery or burial ground, often associated with a city or significant historical site.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um grande cemitério antigo ou local de sepultamento, frequentemente associado a uma cidade ou a um monumento histórico significativo.

1. Large cemetery C1 formal

   A large, often ancient cemetery or burial ground, especially one belonging to an ancient city.

   • The archaeologists excavated a Roman necropolis outside the city walls.
   • The ancient necropolis contained elaborate tombs and monuments.
   • Visitors walked through the silent necropolis, reading the inscriptions on the stones.

   🇵🇹Necrópole

   Sinônimos: burial groundburying groundcemeterygraveyard

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