hypogeum

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an underground room or cavern (also used figuratively)
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs
an underground room or cavern
hypogeum

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    hy·po·ge·um

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    Etymologie

    [ "hI-p&-'jE-&m ] (noun.) 1706. Latin hypogaeum, from Greek ύπογειον, a noun use of the neuter singular of ύπογειος ‘underground’, from ύπο- + γη ‘earth’.
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