From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cemetery
n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery,
graveyard, burial site, burial ground, {burying
ground}, memorial park, necropolis]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cemetery \Cem"e*ter*y\, n.; pl. Cemeteries. [L. cemeterium, Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to sleep.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis. [1913 Webster]