Burial Ground

Definition: Burial Ground

Burial Ground

Noun

1. A tract of land used for burials.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Nuclear Energy & Physics

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Synonyms: Burial Ground

Interment

Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence.

Crosswords: Burial Ground

It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, and was the setting of Satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and five John Denver Christmas specials. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

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Books

• An archaeological analysis of the Broadbeach Aboriginal burial ground (reference)

• Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books) (reference)

• Cautantowwit's house; an Indian burial ground on the island of Conanicut in Narragansett Bay (reference)

• Mystery Adventure of the Indian Burial Ground (reference)

• Proud-voiced Macedonia : a background for King Philip II and the royal burial ground at Vergina (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Burial Ground - Night of Terror (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Burial ground "Agia Triada". Tomb of Dexileus, B.C. 393. Credit: Library of Congress.

Family burial ground on the abandoned Pharr Plantation near Social Circle, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Albanian

varrezë (burial place, cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, necropolis). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقبرة (cemetery, graveyard). (various references)

Czech

pohřebištì, hřbitov (cemetery, churchyard, graveyard). (various references)

Danish

radioaktiv losseplads (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), nedgravningsomraade (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), lagerplads for radioaktivt affald (graveyard, radioactive cemetery). (various references)

Dutch

bewaarplaats voor radioactief afval (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), bergplaats voor kernsplijtafval (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), begraafplaats (cemetery, God's acre, graveyard), radioactieve begraafplaats (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), kernhof (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), afvalbewaarplaats (graveyard, radioactive cemetery). (various references)

Finnish

jätteiden hautauspaikka (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), hautauspaikka (graveyard, radioactive cemetery). (various references)

French

cimetière radioactif. (various references)

German

Entsorgungsplatz, Ablagerungsplatz (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), Abfallgrube (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), Abfallager (graveyard, radioactive cemetery, waste disposal facility). (various references)

Greek 

ραδιενεργό νεκροταφείο (graveyard, radioactive cemetery). (various references)

Italian

cimitero radioattivo (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), cimitero (cemetery, churchyard, God's acre, graveyard). (various references)

Manx

grunt oanluckee. (various references)

Pig Latin

urialbay oundgray

Portuguese

cemitério radioactivo (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), cemitério (cemetery, God's acre, graveyard, necropolis). (various references)

Romanian

cimitir (cemetery, churchyard, god's acre, graveyard). (various references)

Spanish

cementerio radiactivo (graveyard, radioactive cemetery), cementerio (cemetery, churchyard, God's acre, graveyard). (various references)

Swedish

gravplats (grave). (various references)

Turkish

mezarlık (boneyard, cemetery, god's acre, good's acre, graveyard, necropolis), kabristan (cemetery, graveyard, necropolis). (various references)

Ukrainian

цвинтар (cemetery, churchyard, graveyard). (various references)

Welsh

claddfa (cemetery). (various references)

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