netherworld
Meaning
- The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
- The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
- Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
- (broadly) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
Synonyms
infernal region
Scheol
kingdom of the dead
realm of the dead
Translations
monde
Unterwelt
orc
σκιώδηςFrequency
Etymology
From nether- (“beneath, lower”) + world.
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