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
Many famous people rest in that cemetery.
A new cemetery was built in the suburbs.
墓地 is the most common word for 'cemetery' or 'graveyard'. 墓園 is more formal and often used in proper names.
Standard kanji form for 'cemetery' or 'graveyard'.
Alternate kanji form; less common than 墓園.
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.