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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
necropolis /nɛˈkrɒpəlɪs/

▶noun a cemetery, especially a large ancient one.

– origin C19: from Gk, from nekros ‘dead person’ + polis ‘city’.

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