νεκρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρός (nekrós, dead) + πόλῐς (pólis, city state, city).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεκρόπολῐς • (nekrópolis) f (genitive νεκροπόλεως); third declension

  1. city of the dead (suburb of the ancient city of Alexandria)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեռելաքաղաք (meṙelakʻaġakʻ) (calque)
  • English: necropolis
  • French: nécropole
  • Greek: νεκρόπολη (nekrópoli)

References

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