Acheron

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈækÉ™rÉ”n/

Origin

From Latin Acheron, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Acherōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho akhea rheōn, "the stream of woe").

Full definition of Acheron

Proper noun

1. (Greek mythology) 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.
• And pull her out of Acheron by the heels - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii
2. (literary) Hell
3. A language of Sudan.

Coordinate terms

• Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx

Anagrams

• archeon