n. A large cemetery, especially one of elaborate construction in an ancient city.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A cemetery; specifically, one of the cemeteries of ancient peoples.
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n. a tract of land used for burials
Word Usage
"Egyptian authorities say archeologists have found an ancient tomb that suggests another necropolis is yet to be discovered near the Great Pyramids of Giza."