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ACHERON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon

Synonyms:

Acheron; River Acheron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("Acheron" is a part of...):

Hades; Hell; infernal region; netherworld; Scheol; underworld ((religion) the world of the dead)

Derivation:

Acheronian (dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades)

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