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Cemetery

//ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi// noun

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Noun

1
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
"The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees..."
2
a tract of land used for burials wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).

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