Editing Cemetery (section)

{{Short description|Place of burial}}
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[[File:Kerepesi temető Budapest.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Fiume Road Graveyard|Kerepesi Cemetery]], Budapest, Hungary]]
[[File:Cemetery in China.jpg|thumb|Cemetery in China]]
[[File:Cemetery in Kavala, Greece.jpg|thumb|Cemetery in [[Kavala]], Greece]]
A '''cemetery''', '''burial ground''', '''gravesite''', '''graveyard''', or a green space called a '''memorial park''' or '''memorial garden''', is a place where the remains of many [[death|dead]] people are [[burial|buried]] or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κοιμητήριον}} {{gloss|sleeping place}})<ref name=LSJ>{{LSJ|koimhth/rion|κοιμητήριον|ref}}</ref><ref name=OnlineEtDict>{{OEtymD|cemetery}}</ref> implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[catacombs]].<ref>{{OED|term=cemetery|id=29562}}</ref> The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a [[churchyard]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/know-your-english/know-your-english-difference-between-graveyard-and-cemetery/article2568640.ece| title=Know Your English: Difference between 'graveyard' and 'cemetery'| newspaper=The Hindu| date=October 25, 2011| last1=Upendran| first1=S.| access-date=December 24, 2013| archive-date=June 19, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619050557/http://www.thehindu.com/books/know-your-english/know-your-english-difference-between-graveyard-and-cemetery/article2568640.ece| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 22, 2023 |title=What's the Difference Between Cemetery and Graveyard |url=https://whatdifferencebetween.com/cemetery-and-graveyard/ |website=WhatDifferenceBetween |access-date=May 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604154628/https://whatdifferencebetween.com/cemetery-and-graveyard/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The intact or [[cremated]] remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as [[burial]], or in a [[tomb]], an "above-ground grave" (resembling a [[sarcophagus]]), a [[mausoleum]], a [[columbarium]], a niche, or another edifice. In [[Western world|Western cultures]], funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or [[rites of passage]] differ according to [[culture|cultural]] practices and [[religion|religious]] beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas have been filled.