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Meaning of "mausolea" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUSOLEA

mausolea  [ˌmɔːzəˈlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUSOLEA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mausolea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAUSOLEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mausolea

Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum. A Christian mausoleum sometimes includes a chapel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAUSOLEA


bandoleer
ˌbændəˈlɪə
bandolier
ˌbændəˈlɪə
cameleer
ˌkæmɪˈlɪə
canceleer
ˌkænsɪˈlɪə
cavalier
ˌkævəˈlɪə
chandelier
ˌʃændɪˈlɪə
Cordelier
ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə
electrolier
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈlɪə
fusileer
ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə
fusilier
ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə
gaselier
ˌɡæsəˈlɪə
gasolier
ˌɡæsəˈlɪə
gondolier
ˌɡɒndəˈlɪə
Ismailia
ˌɪzmaɪˈlɪə
lavalier
ˌlævəˈlɪə
Leah
ˈlɪə
missileer
ˌmɪsaɪˈlɪə
pedalier
ˌpedəˈlɪə
pistoleer
ˌpɪstəˈlɪə
pistolier
ˌpɪstəˈlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUSOLEA

mausolean
mausoleum
mauther
mauvais
mauvais pas
mauvais quart d´heure
mauvaise foi
mauve
mauveine

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUSOLEA

achillea
azalea
bougainvillea
cochlea
Elea
flea
galea
grevillea
Heraclea
lea
olea
palea
Penthesilea
pilea
plea
psoralea
sand flea
talea
trochlea
water flea

Synonyms and antonyms of mausolea in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MAUSOLEA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mausolea» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mausolea

Translation of «mausolea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUSOLEA

Find out the translation of mausolea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mausolea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mausolea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陵墓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mausoleos
570 millions of speakers

English

mausolea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mausolea
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضرحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мавзолеи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mausoléus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mausolea
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mausolées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mausolea
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mausoleen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mausolea
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mausolea
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mausoleum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mausolea
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mausolea
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॉसोलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

türbe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mausolei
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grobowców
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мавзолеї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mausolee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαυσωλεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mausolea
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mausolea
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mausolea
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mausolea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUSOLEA»

The term «mausolea» is normally little used and occupies the 130.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUSOLEA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mausolea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUSOLEA»

Discover the use of mausolea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mausolea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning
their frequent location on the presumed sites of 'Alid tombs lends support to this view. Other Fatimid mausolea are domed squares of the 221 simplest kind, sometimes paired (tombs of SIT7 Muhammad al-Ja'fari and al-Sayyida 'Atiqa). Despite ...
Robert Hillenbrand, 2004
2
Heritage, Ideology, and Identity in Central and Eastern ...
But by exhibiting the deceased, modern Communist mausolea were also a negation of the idea of a tomb. They glorified the triumph over the natural degradations of the dead body, presented as political achievement; they thereby made the ...
Matthew Rampley, 2012
3
Architecture and the After-life
THE. MAUSOLEA. OF. THE. ROMAN. EMPERORS. IN THE YEAR 28 BC Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, soon to be known as Augustus, was engaged in building a huge mausoleum in the Campus Martius at Rome. Although the Campus ...
Howard Colvin, 1991
4
An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture
Mausolea constitute the largest single category of surviving monuments from the Fatimid period. Those designated by the literary sources as mashhads (Nafisa, Umm Kulthum, Ruqayya, al-Qasim Abu Tayyib, Yahya al-Shabih, and al-Husayn)  ...
Oleg Grabar, 1985
5
Present Day Political Organization of China
For each group of Mausolea in Chihli there is one Office of the Imperial Mausolea (at the Eastern and at the Western Mausolea). To the Chief of the Officeof the Imperial Mausolea thereisattached a staff ofofficials deputed fromthe Ministryof ...
H.S. Brunnert, V.V. Hagelstrom, 2013
6
Protecting and Preserving Our Heritage
18 January 2006 Memorandum submitted by the Mausolea and Monuments Trust The Mausolea and Monuments Trust (MMT) exists to celebrate and protect funerary structures. The MMT is only starting to uncover the true scale of the crisis in ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2006
7
The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern ...
Architecturally elaborate mausolea are perhaps unusual, except in the context of Christian Imperial burials, but simple structures with richly decorated interiors were constructed. The better preserved burial chambers in the Roman catacombs ...
Martin Carver, 2005
8
Old Saint Peter's, Rome
Imperial mausolea in Rome itself included those of Hadrian (now the ... the Tor di Schiavi (possibly built as an imperial tomb and sometimes known as the mausoleum of the Gordiani), and the Christian mausolea of Helena and Constantina.
Rosamond McKitterick, John Osborne, Carol M. Richardson, 2013
9
Architecture and Authority in Japan
Tokugawa. Mausolea. 7. Intimations. of. Immortality. and. the. Architecture. of. Posthumous. Authority. At the same time as the Tokugawa were establishing a working definition of their authority in relation to the power of the daimyo below and ...
William H. Coaldrake, 2002
10
Early Christian Chapels in the West: Decoration, Function ...
other imperial mausolea of Late Antiquity; I will return to these in a subsequent chapter. Two mausolea rose beside St Peter's, Rome, in the time of Constan- tine (plan, fig. 44). Both of them appear to have risen on earlier foundations: the ...
Gillian Vallance Mackie, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUSOLEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mausolea is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How City Cemeteries Echo the Patterns of Gentrification
The gravestones, vaults and mausolea become city monuments. Security guards patrol their perimeter. Sound familiar? The dead in the global ... «Next City, Jul 15»
2
Silent film legend FW Murnau's head has been stolen
The Plumpe crypt is located in Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf, a large woodland cemetery known for its mausolea and dense forestation. «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
3
Deepdene Estate £1m restoration project gets under way
The grant bid was led by Mole Valley District Council and the Mausolea Monuments Trust. The project will also deliver educational activities to ... «Get Surrey, Jul 15»
4
Deepdene Estate project boosted by £1 million Heritage Lottery Grant
... project after an application put together by the council and the Mausolea Monuments Trust was approved by the Heritage Lottery Fund. «Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, Jun 15»
5
Cops on the box - policing Notting Hill Carnival
But you have to ask “Which came first: the Carnival or the resident?” Few present-day inhabitants of the white-porticoed mausolea on the Hill ... «Soca News, Jun 15»
6
£1m grant secured for restoration work on Deepdene Grade II gardens
Although the project is led by Mausolea Monuments Trust, several partners were involved in the successful bid to secure funding. The £1m ... «Bdaily, Jun 15»
7
Saturday in Edinburgh – What's On Today
... in burial memorials, from Victorian headstones to modern mausolea and burial chambers. All welcome; refreshments provided, free parking. «The Edinburgh Reporter, Jun 15»
8
Art as a Verb takes over Artspace
... the term “Happening” and whose manifesto we are greeted with when entering this exhibition, referred to as the “mausolea” of museums. «The Saturday Paper, Jun 15»
9
What's On in Edinburgh this week
... in burial memorials, from Victorian headstones to modern mausolea and burial chambers. All welcome; refreshments provided, free parking. «The Edinburgh Reporter, Jun 15»
10
13 best ruins of Hull and East Yorkshire
Further details can be found on the Mausolea and Monuments Trust website. Picture by Flickr user summonedbyfells. • Inside 11 of Hull's secret ... «Hull Daily Mail, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mausolea [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mausolea>. Apr 2024 ».
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