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mausoleum
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mau·so·le·um  (môs-lm, -z-)
n. pl. mau·so·le·ums or mau·so·le·a (-l)
1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

[Middle English, from Latin Mauslum, from Greek Mausleion, from Mauslos, Mausolus (died c. 353 b.c.), Persian satrap of Caria whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.]

mauso·lean adj.

mausoleum [maw-so-lee-um]
Noun
a large stately tomb [Greek mausōleion the tomb of king Mausolus]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mausoleummausoleum - a large burial chamber, usually above ground
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave
Translations

mausoleum [mɔːsəˈlɪəm] nmausoleo
mausoleum [mɔːsəˈlɪəm] nmausolée m
mausoleum [mɔːsəˈlɪəm] nMausoleum nt
mausoleum [mɔːsəˈlɪəm] nmausoleo

mausoleum
n mausoleum [moːsəˈliəm]
a very fine tomb, often with a monument They buried the duke in the mausoleum.mausoleumضَريحмавзолейmauzoleummausolæumdas Mausoleumμαυσωλείοmausoleomausoleumمقبرهmausoleumimausoléeמָאוּזוֹלֵיאוּםमकबराmauzolejmauzóleummakam besar dan indahveglegt grafhÿsimausoleo陵墓웅장한 묘, 능mauzoliejusmauzolejsmakampraalgrafmausoleummauzoleummausoléumausoleuмавзолейmauzóleummavzolejmauzolejmausoleumสุสานที่มีอนุสาวรีย์anıtkabir陵墓мавзолейبڑا مقبرہlăng mộ

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