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Meaning of Acheron | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæ.kəɹ.ən

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية أكرون - نهر في جهنّم . الأساطير اليونانيّة
Ελληνικά Αχέροντας άχερων
Español Aquerón Aqueronte
Français Achéron
Italiano Acheronte
日本語 アケローン
한국어 아케론강
Latina Acheron
Português Aqueronte
Русский Ахерон

Examples

“And pull her out of Acheron by the heels”
“Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.”
“Behold! I rise from primal silence / As a storm crushing dismal shores ov Acheron”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Acheron Fossae Acheronian Acherontic Aches Acheson Acheson process

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