noun
A formal or literary term for a cemetery or graveyard. Often used in proper names of cemeteries. Compare with 霊園 (れいえん), which specifically refers to a park-like cemetery.
See also: 霊園
その墓園には多くの著名人が眠っている。
Many famous people rest in that cemetery.
新しい墓園が郊外に建設された。
A new cemetery was built in the suburbs.
Compound of 墓 (はか, 'grave') and 園 (えん, 'garden' or 'park'), literally 'grave garden'. The reading ぼえん is the on'yomi of both characters.