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Acheron

//ˈæ.kəɹ.ən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Greek

    "And pull her out of Acheron by the heels"

  2. 2
    A language of Sudan.
  3. 3
    Hell literary
  4. 4
    A small town in Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”).

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