necropolis

noun3

1. •
   An ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments.

   • Are we not overawed by those immense temples [in Egypt], those prodigious palaces, those grottos hewn in the living rock, those endless necropolises, and those indestructible colossi? — 1865
2. •
   A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

   • [I]t [Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris] is an overcrowded, shabby, dusty, and ill-kept cemetery: Kensall Green, though incipient, is far more picturesque; and several American necropoleis beat it hollow. — 1856
3. •
   A city or settlement where most people are dead and/or dying.

   • You think London isn't a necropolis? Let me tell you it is. And people love it. Our cemeteries are popular tourist attractions. — 1998