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cemetery
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cem·e·ter·y  (sm-tr)
n. pl. cem·e·ter·ies
A place for burying the dead; a graveyard.

[Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitrium, from Late Latin coemtrium, from Greek koimtrion, from koimn, to put to sleep; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ]
n pl -teries
a place where the dead are buried, esp one not attached to a church
[from Late Latin coemētērium, from Greek koimētērion room for sleeping, from koiman to put to sleep]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cemetery - a tract of land used for burialscemetery - a tract of land used for burials    
potter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

cemetery
noun graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, necropolis, God's acre There was a small cemetery just outside the town.
Translations
cemetery [ˈsemɪtrɪ] Ncementerio m

cemetery [ˈsɛmətəri] ncimetière m

cemetery
nFriedhof m

cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] ncimitero, camposanto

cemetery
n cemetery [ˈsemətri, (American ) -teri]
a piece of ground, usually not round a church, where people are buried. begraafplaas مَقْبَرَه гробища hřbitov kirkegård; begravelsesplads der Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio kalmistu گورستان hautausmaa cimetière בֵּית קְבָרוֹת कब्रिस्तान groblje temető kuburan kirkjugarður, grafreitur cimitero 共同墓地 (교회 속지 외의) 매장지 kapinės kapsēta tanah perkuburan begraafplaats gravplass/-lund, kirkegård cmentarz cemitério cimitir кладбище cintorín pokopališče groblje begravningsplats สุสาน mezarlık, kabristan 公墓 кладовище, цвинтар قبرستان nghĩa trang

cemetery مقبرة hřbitov kirkegård Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio hautausmaa cimetière groblje cimitero 墓地 묘지 begraafplaats kirkegård cmentarz cemitério кладбище kyrkogård สุสาน mezarlık nghĩa trang 公墓


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