hypogeum

hypogeum
/huy'peuh jee"euhm, hip'euh-/, n., pl. hypogea /-jee"euh/.
1. Anc. Archit. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
2. an underground burial chamber.
[1700-10; < L hypogeum < Gk hypógeion underground chamber (neut. of hypógeios underground), equiv. to hypo- HYPO- + earth + -ion neut. adj. suffix]

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