columbarium in Japanese
columbarium in Japanese is 納骨堂 — columbarium means a columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
columbarium in Japanese
納骨堂
Pronounced: nōkotsudō
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
What does "columbarium" mean?
- noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
- noun A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
- noun A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
- noun A niche in such a building for housing urns.
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What is "columbarium" in Japanese?
"columbarium" in Japanese is 納骨堂. columbarium means: A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
How do you pronounce 納骨堂?
"columbarium" in Japanese is 納骨堂, pronounced "nōkotsudō".
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