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]

necropolis
     n : a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard},
          {burial site}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial  park}]
     [also: {necropoleis} (pl)]