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cemetery

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/

The English word “cemetery” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

Etymology

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).

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