mausoleum (redirected from mausolea)

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.

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[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.]

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mauso·lean adj.

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mausoleum [ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm]

n pl -leums, -lea [-ˈlɪə]

a large stately tomb

[via Latin from Greek mausōleion, the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria; built at Halicarnassus in the 4th century bc]

mausolean  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mausoleum - a large burial chamber, usually above ground burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave

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mausoleum

noun crypt, tomb, vault, catacomb, sepulchre, charnel house, burial chamber His tomb lies in the great mausoleum under a slab of jade.

Translations

mausoleum [ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm] N (mausoleums or mausolea (pl)) [ˌmɔːsəˈlɪə] → mausoleo m

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mausoleum [ˌmɔːzəˈliːəm] n → mausolée m

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mausoleum

n → Mausoleum nt

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mausoleum [ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm] n → mausoleo

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mausoleum [ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm] n → mausoleo

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mausoleum

n mausoleum [moːsəˈliəm]

a very fine tomb, often with a monument They buried the duke in the mausoleum. mausoleum ضَريح мавзолей mauzoleum mausolæum das Mausoleum μαυσωλείο mausoleo mausoleum مقبره mausoleumi mausolée מָאוּזוֹלֵיאוּם मकबरा mauzolej mauzóleum makam besar dan indah veglegt grafhÿsi mausoleo 陵墓 웅장한 무덤 mauzoliejus mauzolejs makam praalgraf mausoleum mauzoleum mausoléu mausoleu мавзолей mauzóleum mavzolej mauzolej mausoleum สุสานที่มีอนุสาวรีย์ anıtkabir 陵墓 мавзолей بڑا مقبرہ lăng mộ 陵墓