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necropolises — ne krÉ‘pÉ™lɪs / krÉ’ n. cemetery … English contemporary dictionary
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Memphis — /mem fis/, n. 1. a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi. 646,356. 2. a ruined city in Lower Egypt, on the Nile, S of Cairo: the ancient capital of Egypt. /mem fis/, n. 1. a group of international designers and architects, formed in the 1980s… … Universalium
necropolis — necropolitan /nek reuh pol i tn/, adj. /neuh krop euh lis, ne /, n., pl. necropolises. 1. a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city. 2. a historic or prehistoric burial ground. [1810 20; < Gk nekrópolis burial place (lit … Universalium
ancient Italic people — ▪ people Introduction any of the peoples diverse in origin, language, traditions, stage of development, and territorial extension who inhabited pre Roman Italy, a region heavily influenced by neighbouring Greece (ancient Greek civilization) … Universalium
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Necropolis — Ne*crop o*lis, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; nekro s a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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