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RIVER STYX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls
Synonyms:
River Styx; Styx
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 ("River Styx" is a part of...):
Hades; Hell; infernal region; netherworld; Scheol; underworld ((religion) the world of the dead)