mausoleum
pronunciation
How to pronounce mausoleum in British English:
UK [ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm]
How to pronounce mausoleum in American English:
US [ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm]
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- Noun:
- a large burial chamber, usually above ground
Word Origin
- mausoleum
- mausoleum: [16] The original mausoleum was a vast marble tomb (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected in 353 BC for Mausolus, king of Caria in Asia Minor by his widow Artemisia. Its architect was Pythius, and its site was at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum in Turkey). Its Greek name was mausōleion, and it passed into English as a generic term for a ‘large tomb’ via Latin mausōlēum.
- mausoleum (n.)
- "magnificent tomb," 1540s, from Latin mausoleum, from Greek Mausoleion, name of the massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Greek city in Asia Minor) for Mausolos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. Counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. First , recent claims of the mausoleum 's minarets tilting are untrue .
- 2. The foundations of the mausoleum are buried deep in the earth 's crust .
- 3. The other original seven wonders of the ancient world were the hanging gardens of babylon ; the statue of zeus at olympia ; the temple of artemis at ephesus ; the mausoleum at halicarnassus ; the colossus of rhodes and the lighthouse of alexandria .
- 4. So amz decided to help the government build a mausoleum in penghu and move the remains .
- 5. The team has also secured permission to 3d-scan the mausoleum in january next year .