Cemeteries

/ˈsɛməteri/ noun

Places where dead bodies are buried, typically containing many graves and sometimes monuments or headstones.

From Greek 'koimeterion' meaning sleeping chamber, from 'koiman' (to sleep). Romans adopted the term, and it eventually entered all European languages through medieval Latin.

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