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    ACHERON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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