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Definition: CEMETERIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun cemetery.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(cemetery)
1. A tract of land used for burials.[Wordnet].
2. A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.[Websters].

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Date "Cemeteries" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definition: CEMETERIES

Domain Definition
Antiquities Cemeteries. See Catacumbae; Sepulcrum. (references)

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Common Expressions: CEMETERIES

Expressions Definition
Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries Bellefontaine Cemetery (established in 1849) and the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery (established in 1857) in St. Louis, Missouri are adjacent burial grounds. They are the necropolis for a number of prominent local and state politicians and soldiers of the American Civil War. (references)
Foreign cemeteries in Japan The foreign cemeteries (gaijin bochi) in Japan are chiefly located in Tokyo and at the former treaty ports of Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, and Hakodate. (references)
Symbols used in U.S. veterans' cemeteries In the United States, there are many cemeteries specifically devoted to veterans, maintained by the military, such as Arlington Cemetery. Most have various rules regarding what must take place in order to be interred there. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: CEMETERIES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
List of cemeteries 136     Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries 12
List of cemeteries in Vermilion County, Illinois 92     British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia 4
List of cemeteries in Adair County, Iowa 32     Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries 5
List of cemeteries in Warren County, Indiana 30     Cemeteries of Villages in Eastern Slovakia 5
East Perth Cemeteries 19     Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks 4
Voormezeele Enclosures Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 18     East Perth Cemeteries 19
List of cemeteries in Ogle County, Illinois 15     Foreign cemeteries in Japan 10
List of New Jersey cemeteries 14     La Brique Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 11
List of war cemeteries and memorials on the Gallipoli Peninsula 13     List of cemeteries 136
Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries 12     List of cemeteries in Adair County, Iowa 32
List of Polish war cemeteries 11     List of cemeteries in Berlin 8
Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 11     List of cemeteries in Budapest 4
La Brique Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 11     List of cemeteries in Kansas 5
List of cemeteries in Omaha 10     List of cemeteries in Karachi 8
Foreign cemeteries in Japan 10     List of cemeteries in Ogle County, Illinois 15
List of cemeteries in Karachi 8     List of cemeteries in Omaha 10
List of cemeteries in Berlin 8     List of cemeteries in Vermilion County, Illinois 92
The Monument Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries 6     List of cemeteries in Warren County, Indiana 30
Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries 5     List of New Jersey cemeteries 14
List of cemeteries in Kansas 5     List of Polish war cemeteries 11
Cemeteries of Villages in Eastern Slovakia 5     List of war cemeteries and memorials on the Gallipoli Peninsula 13
Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks 4     Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 11
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia 4     The Monument Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries 6
List of cemeteries in Budapest 4     Voormezeele Enclosures Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries 18

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: cemeteries
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

graveyards, tombs.
Consider also: churchyards, sites, graves, charnels, niches, catacombs, crypts, gardens, headstones, mortuaries, ossuaries, burial-grounds, barrows, burial-places, burials, cemetaries, vaults.
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Computed Synonyms: cemeteries

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   24.4598   cemeteries     cemetaries     churchyards, graveyards, holies, squares, crypts   
 2   11.0090   cemeteries     tomb     grave, sepulchre, sepulcher, burial pit, crypt   
 3   10.0191   cemeteries     catacomb     catacombs, tomb, grave, cemetery, graveyard   
 4   10.0090   cemeteries     grave     serious, tomb, solemn, graver, Graves   
 5   6.0091   cemeteries     sepulcher     tomb, grave, sepulchre, graves, sepulchering   
 6   5.2091   cemeteries     niches     cavities, slots, bays, places, caverns   
 7   4.1087   cemeteries     burial-grounds     graveyards, churchyards, barrows   
 8   3.1091   cemeteries     vaults     springs, jumps, hops, leaps, domes   
 9   2.4195   cemeteries     countries     soils, realms, peoples, country, localities   
 10   2.3092   cemeteries     holies     saints, divines, bottomlies, spirituals, gravelies   
 11   2.2092   cemeteries     squares     square, straights, plazas, rights, places   
 12   2.2092   cemeteries     shrines     sanctuaries, temples, tombs, sepulchres, tabernacles   
 13   2.1192   cemeteries     charnels     graveyards, rebels, chills, thrills, charnel-houses   
 14   2.1192   cemeteries     crypts     tombs, sepulchres, undercrofts, shrines, repositories   
 15   2.1190   cemeteries     churchyards     graveyards, cemetaries, squares, yards, burial-grounds   
--------------------     84 synonyms ranked from 16 to 99 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: CEMETERIES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya تُرْبَة (dust, earth, ground, soil, catacomb), مَدْفَن (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), رَمْس (grave, burial, burials, catacomb, catacombs), جَنَن (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَدَث (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), رامُوس (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَبَّانَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), مَقْبَرَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), قَرَافَة (graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha تُرْبَة (dust, earth, ground, soil, catacomb), مَدْفَن (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), رَمْس (grave, burial, burials, catacomb, catacombs), جَنَن (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَدَث (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), رامُوس (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَبَّانَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), مَقْبَرَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), قَرَافَة (graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic تُرْبَة (dust, earth, ground, soil, catacomb), مَدْفَن (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), رَمْس (grave, burial, burials, catacomb, catacombs), جَنَن (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَدَث (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), رامُوس (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَبَّانَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), مَقْبَرَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), قَرَافَة (graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia kuburan (cemetery, grave, graveyard, entombment, tomb). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian nekropole (cemeteries, necropolis, ways), hřbitov (cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, cemeteries, churchyards), groblja (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyards), hřbitovy (necropolis, cemeteries, churchyards). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese cemeteries (cemeteries). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish kirkegårde (cemeteries). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina nekropole (cemeteries, necropolis, ways), hřbitov (cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, cemeteries, churchyards), groblja (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyards), hřbitovy (necropolis, cemeteries, churchyards). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Chiga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Chiga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 墓地 (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 墓地 (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, churchyard). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ciga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Ciga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Croatian nekropole (cemeteries, ways), groblja (cemeteries). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech nekropole (cemeteries, necropolis, ways), hřbitov (cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, cemeteries, churchyards), groblja (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyards), hřbitovy (necropolis, cemeteries, churchyards). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian cimitir (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish kirkegårde (cemeteries). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk kirkegårde (cemeteries). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari گهرستان (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Friedhöfe (cemeteries, graveyards, tomb, churchyards), Kirchhöfe (churchyards, cemeteries), Grab (grave, tomb, sepulcher, shrine, burial pit). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch kerkhoven (cemeteries), kerkhof (cemetery, graveyard, cemeteries, churchyard, God's acre), begraafplaatsen (cemeteries). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Filipino sementeryo (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Filipino, Philippines, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish hautausmaa (graveyard, cemetery, cemeteries, churchyard, churchyards). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Français cimetières (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
French cimetières (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
German Friedhöfe (cemeteries, graveyards, tomb, churchyards), Kirchhöfe (churchyards, cemeteries), Grab (grave, tomb, sepulcher, shrine, burial pit). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek κοιμητήριο (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) koimitirio (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew תיב תורבק (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic تُرْبَة (dust, earth, ground, soil, catacomb), مَدْفَن (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), رَمْس (grave, burial, burials, catacomb, catacombs), جَنَن (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَدَث (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), رامُوس (catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery, grave), جَبَّانَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), مَقْبَرَة (cemetery, graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries), قَرَافَة (graveyard, catacomb, catacombs, cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Friedhöfe (cemeteries, graveyards, tomb, churchyards), Kirchhöfe (churchyards, cemeteries), Grab (grave, tomb, sepulcher, shrine, burial pit). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Friedhöfe (cemeteries, graveyards, tomb, churchyards), Kirchhöfe (churchyards, cemeteries), Grab (grave, tomb, sepulcher, shrine, burial pit). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian temeto (cemetery, cemeteries, churchyard, churchyards, graveyard). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian kuburan (cemetery, grave, graveyard, entombment, tomb). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian cimiteri (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit תיב תורבק (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 外人墓地 (Foreign cemeteries in Japan). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Kiga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Kiga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Kisuaheli makaburini (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Kiswahili makaburini (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar temeto (cemetery, cemeteries, churchyard, churchyards, graveyard). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian cimitir (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian kirkegårder (cemeteries). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Oluchiga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Oluchiga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Orukiga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Orukiga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi گهرستان (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian گهرستان (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) گهرستان (cemeteries, cemetery). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Pilipino sementeryo (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Pilipino, Philippines, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish cmentarz (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, necropolis), cmentarze (cemeteries). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch cmentarz (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, necropolis), cmentarze (cemeteries). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski cmentarz (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, necropolis), cmentarze (cemeteries). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese cemitérios (cemeteries, graveyards), cemeteries (cemeteries). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian cimitir (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Rukiga amarimbo (cemeteries). Additional references: Rukiga, Uganda, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian cimitir (cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi begravningsplatser (cemeteries), kyrkogårdar (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards), gravplatser (cemeteries). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian кладбища (cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) kladbishcha (cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki кладбища (cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) kladbishcha (cemeteries, graveyards). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland kirkegårde (cemeteries). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish cementerios (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea hautausmaa (graveyard, cemetery, cemeteries, churchyard, churchyards). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi hautausmaa (graveyard, cemetery, cemeteries, churchyard, churchyards). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska begravningsplatser (cemeteries), kyrkogårdar (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards), gravplatser (cemeteries). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Swahili makaburini (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish begravningsplatser (cemeteries), kyrkogårdar (cemeteries, churchyards, graveyards), gravplatser (cemeteries). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Tagalog sementeryo (cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Tagalog, Philippines, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish mezarlık (cemetery, graveyard, burial ground, cemeteries, God's acre). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian Кладовища (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Ukrainian, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) kladovishcha (cemeteries, cemetery, graveyard, graveyards). Additional references: Ukrainian, cemeteries. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: CEMETERIES

Language Translations for “cemeteries” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagemathagetathagerathagies (cemeteries). Additional references: Athag, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cagemagetageragies (cemeteries). Additional references: Double Dutch, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Leet ¢&^^&+&P\|&§ (cemeteries). Additional references: Leet, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Oppish copemopetoperopies (cemeteries). Additional references: Oppish, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Pig Latin emeteriescay (cemeteries). Additional references: Pig Latin, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Terran B cemethoins (cemeteries). Additional references: Terran B, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cubemubetuberubies (cemeteries). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, cemeteries. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top