Centuries later, there were "lighthouse" outposts as far as Pluto and its moon Charon.
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Charon
//ˈkɛəɹən//
Synonyms for "charon" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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78 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Χάρων name (the ferryman of Hades)
Arabic
2 entries- خَارُون name (the ferryman of Hades)
- شَارُون name (a moon of Pluto)
Armenian
1 entries- Քարոն name (the ferryman of Hades)
Basque
1 entries- Karon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Breton
1 entries- C'haron name (the ferryman of Hades)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Харо́н name (the ferryman of Hades)
Catalan
1 entries- Caront name (the ferryman of Hades)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎧᎶᏂ name (a moon of Pluto)
- ᎧᎶᏂ name (the ferryman of Hades)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冥衛一 /冥卫一 name (a moon of Pluto)
- 卡戎 name (the ferryman of Hades)
Corsican
1 entries- Caronti name (the ferryman of Hades)
Czech
3 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
- Charon name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Charón name (the ferryman of Hades)
Danish
2 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
- Karon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Dutch
2 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
- Charon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Finnish
2 entries- Kharon name (a moon of Pluto)
- Kharon name (the ferryman of Hades)
French
1 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
Galician
2 entries- Caronte name (a moon of Pluto)
- Caronte name (the ferryman of Hades)
Georgian
1 entries- ქარონი name (the ferryman of Hades)
German
1 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
Greek
4 entries- Χάροντας name (a moon of Pluto)
- Χάρος name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Χάρων name (a moon of Pluto)
- Χάρων name (the ferryman of Hades)
Greenlandic
2 entries- Charoni name (a moon of Pluto)
- Charoni name (the ferryman of Hades)
Hebrew
1 entries- כארון name (the ferryman of Hades)
Hungarian
3 entries- Charon name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Kharón name (a moon of Pluto)
- Kharón name (the ferryman of Hades)
Indonesian
1 entries- Kharon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᖄᕈᓐ name (the ferryman of Hades)
Irish
1 entries- Carón name (the ferryman of Hades)
Italian
2 entries- Caronte name (a moon of Pluto)
- Caronte name (the ferryman of Hades)
Japanese
3 entries- カロン name (a moon of Pluto)
- カローン name (the ferryman of Hades)
- シャロン name (a moon of Pluto)
Korean
2 entries- 카론 name (a moon of Pluto)
- 카론 name (the ferryman of Hades)
Ligurian
3 entries- Caronte name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Charu name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Charun name (the ferryman of Hades)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Charonas name (the ferryman of Hades)
Macedonian
2 entries- Харон name (a moon of Pluto)
- Харон name (the ferryman of Hades)
Marathi
2 entries- केरन name (a moon of Pluto)
- केरन name (the ferryman of Hades)
Māori
1 entries- kūwata name (a moon of Pluto)
Norwegian
1 entries- Kharon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Persian
1 entries- خارون name (the ferryman of Hades)
Polish
2 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
- Charon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Portuguese
2 entries- Caronte name (a moon of Pluto)
- Caronte name (the ferryman of Hades)
Russian
2 entries- Харо́н name (a moon of Pluto)
- Харо́н name (the ferryman of Hades)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- Haron name (a moon of Pluto)
- Hȃron name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Ха̑рон name (the ferryman of Hades)
Sicilian
2 entries- Carunti name (a moon of Pluto)
- Carunti name (the ferryman of Hades)
Slovak
2 entries- Charón name (the ferryman of Hades)
- Cháron name (the ferryman of Hades)
Slovene
1 entries- Haron name (the ferryman of Hades)
Spanish
2 entries- Caronte name (a moon of Pluto)
- Caronte name (the ferryman of Hades)
Swedish
1 entries- Charon name (a moon of Pluto)
Thai
1 entries- แครอน name (the ferryman of Hades)
Turkish
1 entries- Kharoon name (the ferryman of Hades)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Харо́н name (the ferryman of Hades)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Pluto is not alone. It has a friend named Charon.
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Charon is considered to be a satellite of the (dwarf) planet Pluto. However, because its diameter is more than half as large as that of Pluto itself, it can be considered an equal partner; and Pluto and Charon can be considered a double planet.
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Pluto and Charon are tipped on their sides.
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