nekropolis

Noun

necropolis (plural necropolises or necropoleis or necropoles or necropoli)

1. (also, figuratively, historical) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
   • In Turkey, the tombs, according to the custom of the ancients, are always without the towns; and as each tomb has uſually a large ſtone, and ſome maſonry, they conſtitute what may almoſt be called a ſecond town, which may be named, as formerly at Alexandria, Necropolis, or the city of the dead.1793, C[onstantin] F[rançois] Volney, “Government of the Mamlouks”, in [anonymous], transl., Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785. […] In Two Volumes, volume I, Dublin...

   Synonyms:

   necropole, boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, camposanto, cemetery, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead

2. An ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments.
   • These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense...1853, Abbé de St. Michon [i.e., Jean-Hippolyte Michon], chapter XIV, in [anonymous], transl., Narrative of a Religious Journey in the East in 1850 and 1851, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page...
3. A city or settlement where most people are dead and/or dying.
   • You think London isn't a necropolis? Let me tell you it is. And people love it. Our cemeteries are popular tourist attractions.1998, Geoff Nicholson, Bleeding London