Acheron

Meaning

1. (Greek) 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.
2. (literary) Hell
3. A small town in Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms

River Acheron

Translations

Achéron

Acheron

Acheron

Acheronte

Acheron

Aqueronte

Aqueront

Αχέρων

Acheron

Aqueronte

Acherōn

Aquerón

Acheron

Αχέροντας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/

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”).