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necropolis On Sundays the downtown is like a necropolis, and he was always slightly disturbed by the complete absence of life among all those buildings. nəˈkrɑpələs

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A cemetery, especially a large, elaborate cemetery of an ancient city. With its -polis ending, meaning “city” (see POLIS/POLIT), a necropolis is a “city of the dead.” Most of the famous necropolises of Egypt line the Nile River across from their cities. In ancient Greece and Rome, a necropolis would often line the road leading out of a city; in the 1940s a great Roman necropolis was discovered under the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. Some more recent cemeteries especially deserve the name necropolis because they resemble cities of aboveground tombs, a necessity in low-lying areas such as New Orleans where a high water table prevents underground burial

word	necropolis
definition	A cemetery, especially a large, elaborate cemetery of an ancient city.
eg_sentence	On Sundays the downtown is like a necropolis, and he was always slightly disturbed by the complete absence of life among all those buildings.
explanation	With its -polis ending, meaning “city” (see POLIS/POLIT), a necropolis is a “city of the dead.” Most of the famous necropolises of Egypt line the Nile River across from their cities. In ancient Greece and Rome, a necropolis would often line the road leading out of a city; in the 1940s a great Roman necropolis was discovered under the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. Some more recent cemeteries especially deserve the name necropolis because they resemble cities of aboveground tombs, a necessity in low-lying areas such as New Orleans where a high water table prevents underground burial
IPA	nəˈkrɑpələs

Necropolis Ancient Line Cemetery Large Elaborate City Sundays