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mausolea

mausolea is the plural of mausoleum.

Meaning of mausoleum

Noun

mausoleum (plural mausoleums or mausolea)

  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
    • Holonym: cemetery
  2. (broadly) A gloomy, usually large room or building.
    • As Amazon reaches maximum ubiquity in our lives (“Alexa, play Led Zeppelin”), as online shopping turns malls into mausoleums, it’s been illuminating to see exactly how a package makes the final leg of its journey.2018 December 25, Austin Murphy, “I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2019

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Forms of mausolea

alternative formmausoleums

Origin of mausolea

From Latin mausolea; by surface analysis, mausole(um) + -a.

Questions about mausolea

What is mausolea the plural of?
Mausolea is the plural of mausoleum.

Words near mausolea in the dictionary

  1. mausambi
  2. mausambis
  3. Mausamganj
  4. Mauser
  5. Mausers
  6. mausolea
  7. mausoleal
  8. mausolean
  9. mausoleum
  10. mausoleums
  11. mausolocracy

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