Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - catacomb
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Catacomb
catacomb
(catacombs) Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried. N-COUNT: usu pl
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noun Etymology: Middle English catacumb, Middle French ~e, probably from Old Italian ~a, from Late Latin catacumbae, plural Date: 15th century 1. a subterranean cemetery of galleries with recesses for tombs — usually used in plural 2. something resembling a ~: as a. an underground passageway or group of passageways b. a complex set of interrelated things the endless ~s of formal education — Kingman Brewster †1988 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. (often in pl.) 1 an underground cemetery, esp. a Roman subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs. 2 a similar underground construction; a cellar. Etymology: F catacombes f. LL catacumbas (name given in the 5th c. to the cemetery of St Sebastian near Rome), of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. катакомба 2. преим. катакомбы, подземное кладбище the Catacombs —- римские катакомбы 3. подземелье со множеством ходов; подземная пещера 4. спец. галерея с нишами (в винном погребе) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
- O.E. catacumbas, from L.L. (400 C.E.) catacumbae, originally the region of underground tombs between the 2nd and 3rd milestones of the Appian Way, origin obscure, perhaps once a proper name, or dissimilation from L. cata tumbas "at the graves," from cata- "among" + tumbas, acc. pl. of tumba "tomb." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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