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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne- |
Phonetic Transcription : nəˈkrɒp ə lɪs, nɛ- |
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Définition of necropolis
Origin :- "large cemetery" of an ancient or modern city, 1803, from Late Latin, literally "city of the dead," from Greek Nekropolis, a burial place near Alexandria, from nekros (see necro-) + polis "city" (see polis).
- noun cemetery
- Through such as these Rome has come to be spoken of as the Necropolis of the Living.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- He died in 1837, and his remains were consigned to the Necropolis of the city.
- Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI » by Various
- But the Necropolis Company, whether it knows it or not, did not found the tradition.
- Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
- Nor call I devise what Apion would have said, had their habitation been at Necropolis?
- Extract from : « Against Apion » by Flavius Josephus
- Does the paraschites live to the north or south of the Necropolis?
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- The Necropolis has been robbed to form the collections of Salt, Drouetti, and others.
- Extract from : « The Overland Guide-book » by James Barber
- No, he was blowed if he'd let himself be hurried down to the Necropolis like this.
- Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
- Of the singular suburb styled the Necropolis or "city of the dead," nothing remains.
- Extract from : « Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) » by Charles Bucke
- We then came to the Necropolis of St. Miniato, a church considered to be one of the oldest on the continent.
- Extract from : « From the Thames to the Tiber » by J. Wardle
- The Arab who forced open your royal tomb, in the subterranean pits of the Necropolis of Thebes, was sent there by him.
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
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