mausoleum

/ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm/

mausoleum means the grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

mausoleum is pronounced /ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm/.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). By surface analysis, Mausolus + -eum.

name

The grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

noun

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.e.g.“Holonym: cemetery”
A gloomy, usually large room or building.

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Words closest in meaning

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mazar 62% match — A mausoleum or shrine in the Arab world. vs mausoleum →
martyrium 61% match — A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr. vs mausoleum →
morthouse 59% match — A specialised secure building usually located in a churchyard where bodies were temporarily interred before a formal funeral took place. vs mausoleum →
burian 58% match — A tomb; sepulchre. vs mausoleum →
requietory 58% match — A sepulchre. vs mausoleum →
tombal 58% match — Of or relating to tombs. vs mausoleum →
sepulchre 57% match — A burial chamber. vs mausoleum →
arcosolium 57% match — A tomb in an arched recess in a wall. vs mausoleum →