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Meaning of "necropoleis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NECROPOLEIS

necropoleis  [nɛˈkrɒpəˌleɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NECROPOLEIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Necropoleis 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 NECROPOLEIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

List of necropoleis

This is a list of necropoleis sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern cemeteries, this list includes only ancient necropoleis, generally founded no later than approximately 1500 AD. Because almost every city in the ancient world had a necropolis, this list does not aim to be complete. It only lists the most notable necropoleis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NECROPOLEIS


anelace
ˈænəˌleɪs
anyplace
ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs
birthplace
ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs
bootlace
ˈbuːtˌleɪs
catalase
ˈkætəˌleɪs
commonplace
ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs
decarboxylase
ˌdiːkɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪs
displace
dɪsˈpleɪs
enlace
ɪnˈleɪs
everyplace
ˈɛvrɪˌpleɪs
fireplace
ˈfaɪəˌpleɪs
lace
leɪs
Lovelace
ˈlʌvˌleɪs
marketplace
ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs
phosphorylase
fɒsˈfɒrɪˌleɪs
place
pleɪs
replace
rɪˈpleɪs
shoelace
ˈʃuːˌleɪs
someplace
ˈsʌmˌpleɪs
workplace
ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NECROPOLEIS

necrophagous
necrophile
necrophilia
necrophiliac
necrophilic
necrophilism
necrophilous
necrophobe
necrophobia
necrophobic
necrophorous
necropoli
necropolis
necropsies
necropsy
necroscopic
necroscopical
necroscopies
necroscopy
necrose

WORDS THAT END LIKE NECROPOLEIS

aleph-beis
analysis
axis
basis
bis
braaivleis
Budweis
crisis
Davis
dis
feis
Francis
Herculeis
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milreis
nereis
poleis
reis
Semmelweis
this

Synonyms and antonyms of necropoleis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NECROPOLEIS»

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

Translation of «necropoleis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NECROPOLEIS

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

Translator English - Chinese

necropoleis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

necrópolis
570 millions of speakers

English

necropoleis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

necropoleis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

necropoleis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

некрополи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Necrópoles
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

necropoleis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nécropoles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nekropoleis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nekropolen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

墓地遺跡群
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

necropoleis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Necropoleis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Necropoleis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

necropoleis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेक्रोपोलीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nekropollerinin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

necropoli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nekropolia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

некрополі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necropoleis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκροπόλεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

necropoleis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Necropoleis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Necropoleis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of necropoleis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NECROPOLEIS»

The term «necropoleis» is normally little used and occupies the 141.159 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NECROPOLEIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «necropoleis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «necropoleis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NECROPOLEIS»

Discover the use of necropoleis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to necropoleis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancient West & East
NECROPOLEIS AND IONIAN COLONISATION IN THE BLACK SEA MARGARIT DAMYANOV Abstract In the article some observations are presented on several necropoleis in the northwestern parts of the Black Sea, with focus on the Archaic  ...
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, 2005
2
The Vatican Necropoleis: Rome's City of the Dead
This is the first published summary of the entire complex of the great necropoles of Rome, which were situated on Vatican Hill.
Paolo Liverani, 2010
3
The Etruscan World
these works can be considered as a general “handbook” including all areas and sites of Etruria and all-important aspects of Etruscan necropoleis, tombs and tomb architecture. NECROPOLEIS We can distinguish between single tombs ...
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, 2013
4
Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman ...
It has been established through surveys that tombs and funerary monuments lined the main roads leading out of the town.82 The picture is likely to have been similar to that of other necropoleis in the region, such as the necropoleis at ...
Rubina Raja, 2012
5
Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris
In any case, we nd the most obvious parallels for these necropoleis in the Tragana necropolis of Opuntian Locris, part of which was excavated in 1981, although other tombs were found in the vicinity subse- quently. Unlike the necropoleis in ...
José Pascual, Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou, 2013
6
Pichvnari and Its Environs: 6th C BC-4th C AD
CHAPTER II - NECROPOLEIS "...T)tey are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality. . . " SirRanulpheCREWE Apart from the settlement or group of settlements on the artifical hills, the necropoleis in Pichvnari are also the subject of ...
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, 1999
7
Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The ...
of social identity within the Greek population of Emporion, although it is unclear what identity exactly they marked.119 When the fortifications of Emporion were extended in the fourth cen— tury, the situation in the necropoleis changed radically ...
Denise Demetriou, 2012
8
The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily
The Necropoleis of the Archaic Period Outside the city walls on the eastern side, near Rinfrescolaro, along the road that leads inland, just 1.25 miles (2 km) from the sanctuary of Athena, were the necropoleis used by the inhabitants of the area  ...
Luca Cerchiai, Lorena Jannelli, Fausto Longo, 2004
9
Egypt from Alexander to the Early Christians: An ...
2.4 THE NECROPOLEIS 2.4. a Introduction The underground tombs (catacombs) and cemeteries are the most important and distinctive feature of the surviving archaeological remains of Alexandria. There are a number of sites in the central ...
Roger S. Bagnall, Dominic Rathbone, 2004
10
The Chora of Metaponto 2: Archaeozoology at Pantanello and ...
... 77.0 42.5 Sant'Angelo Grieco 6th c. bc– 1stc.ad Equus caballus radius 80.0 43.0 Pantanello Sanctuary 6th–3rd c. bc Equus caballus radius 83.0 50.0 40.0 29.0 Pantanello Necropoleis 6th–3rd c. bc Equus caballus radius 35.0 23.5 72.0 45.0 ...
Sándor Bökönyi, Erika Gál, László Bartosiewicz, 2012

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NECROPOLEIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term necropoleis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Key archaeological discovery in twin city Saintes
Roman necropoleis were usually constructed in the country as a site for burials and cremations to take place away from tombs built within a city. «Salisbury Journal, Dec 14»
2
Skeletons with shackles unearthed during excavation of Roman …
Roman necropoleis were usually constructed in the country as a site for burials and cremations to take place away from tombs built within a city. «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
3
The Sphinx Decoded?
... with special provenance over cemeteries and necropoleis. Temple recollects: "As I looked at the Sphinx that first time, noting the straight back ... «American Thinker, Oct 11»

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