noun, plural ne·crop·o·lis·es.
- a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- a historic or prehistoric burial ground.
noun plural -lises or -leis (-ˌleɪs)
- a burial site or cemetery
n.“large cemetery” of an ancient or modern city, 1803, from Late Latin, literally “city of the dead,” from Greek Nekropolis, a burial place near Alexandria, from nekros (see necro-) + polis “city” (see polis).