# cemetery

Pronunciation: US say "SEM-i-ter-ee" /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/; UK say "SEM-i-tree" /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/

## Noun

1. An area of land set aside for burying the dead, such as a graveyard or memorial park.
   - Simple: An area of ground where dead people are buried.
   - _The town's oldest cemetery holds the graves of its earliest settlers._
   - _Many city cemeteries have run out of space for new burials._

## Origin

This word came into Middle English as cimiterie from Old French cimitiere, which came through Medieval and Late Latin from Ancient Greek koimētḗrion, from koimáō ("I put to sleep"). It displaced the earlier English words charnel and Old English līctūn for a burial ground.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cemetery (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).