different between catacomb vs zigurat

catacomb

English

Etymology

From Old English [Term?], from Late Latin catacumbas, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, dissimilation of Latin cata- (among) (from Ancient Greek ???? (katá, under)) + tumbas (from Ancient Greek ?????? (túmbos, swell)).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?kat??k??m/ (less commonly) IPA(key): /?kat?ku?m/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?kætako?m/, /?kæt?ku?m/

Noun

catacomb (plural catacombs)

  1. (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

Translations

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zigurat

English

Noun

zigurat (plural zigurats)

  1. Alternative spelling of ziggurat

Romanian

Etymology

From French ziggourat.

Noun

zigurat n (plural zigurate)

  1. ziggurat

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Akkadian ???????????? (ziqqurratu), from ???? ???? (zaq?ru, literally to build high).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /?i?u??at/, [?i.??u??at?]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /si?u??at/, [si.??u??at?]

Noun

zigurat m (plural zigurats)

  1. ziggurat

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