necropolis

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von necropolis im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

mezarlık

nekropol

eski bir şehrin büyük kabristanı

{i} kabristan

Relevante Übersetzungen

necropolises

nekropoller

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von necropolis im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A large cemetery, especially one of elaborate construction in an ancient city

a city of the dead

A necropolis is a place where dead people are buried. an area of land where dead people are buried, especially a large ancient one = cemetery. (Greek: "city of the dead") Extensive and elaborate burial place serving an ancient city. The locations of these cemeteries varied. Many in Egypt, such as the necropolis of western Thebes, were situated across the Nile River opposite the cities. In Greece and Rome a necropolis often lined the roads leading out of town. A necropolis was discovered in the 1940s under St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard

from the Greek meaning "city of the dead," especially the large cemetery of an ancient city

A Greek word taht means "city of the dead " It is used to describe Egyptian cemeteries

City of the dead - large burial site Generally it was located outside the settlement, on the border of the desert and the cultivated area

Egyptian burial grounds From the Greek word for "city of the dead" or cemetery

(Greek) City of the dead

a cemetery

{i} cemetery

from the Greek for "city of the dead," cemetery or cluster of cemeteries associated with a town or city, containing graves or tombs or both

a tract of land used for burials

Relevante Übersetzungen

necropoleis

plural of necropolis

necropolises

plural of necropolis

Silbentrennung

ne·crop·o·lis

Türkische aussprache

nıkräpılıs

Synonyme

boot hill, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead, crypt, funerary grounds, god’s acre, graveyard, potter’s field, sepulcher, tomb, vault

Aussprache

/nəˈkräpələs/ /nəˈkrɑːpələs/

Etymologie

() From Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις (nekropolis, “city of the dead”), from νεκρός (nekros, “dead”) + πόλις (polis, “city”).