potter's field

A place where the indigent or the unknown are buried. A reference to the Bible, "So they conferred together and bought the potter's field with it as a burial place for foreigners" (Matthew 27:7). Primarily heard in US. The work was so grueling that a great number of immigrant laborers who built the railroads across this country ended up in some potter's field or another before the job was complete.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kshitij	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Calvin	['kælvin]
Laurissa	lə-RIS-ə	English (Rare)
Aleksy	ahl-EK-si	Polish
CÓEmgein	KEE-veen, KWEE-vin	Irish
Isabel	['izəbel]