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cemetery

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cemetery/ˈsemətri/

▶noun (pl. cemeteries) a large burial ground.

– origin ME: via late L. from Gk koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.

'cemetery' also found in these Oxford entries:

boneyard - catacomb - necropolis - war grave

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Cemetery/ graveyard
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graveyard/cemetery/burial ground
the closest thing we have to a cemetery

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