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Definition of Acheron

Acheron
Acheron Ach"e*ron, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. --Shak.

Meaning of Acheron from wikipedia

- The Acheron (/ˈækərən/ or /ˈækərɒn/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀχέρων Acheron or Ἀχερούσιος Acherousios; Gr****: Αχέροντας Acherontas) is a river in the Epirus region...
- underworld. Acheron may also refer to: Acheron, Victoria, a town in Australia Acheron (Elis), a river in the Peloponnese, Greece Acheron Island, an island...
- upward and fire upon Acheron's mainmast while Captain Howard's Marine sharpshooters pick off the crew of Acheron from above. Acheron is disabled when the...
- ****phone. According to tradition, it was located on the banks of the Acheron river in Epirus, near the ancient city of Ephyra. This site was believed...
- of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Gr**** mythology. HMS Acheron (1803) was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased...
- "Acheron: Part I" is the first episode of the eleventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. The first of a two-part...
- wailing in the underworld in Gr**** mythology. Cocytus flows into the river Acheron, on the other side of which lies Hades, the underworld, the mythological...
- Acheron (Asheron) is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. Acheron derives from the Arabic word aɟɟur-uun which...
- the name Achéron: French submarine Achéron (1929), a Redoutable-class submarine commissioned in 1932 and scuttled in 1942 French ship Achéron (1986), a...
- Acheron (/ˈækərən, -ɒn/) was an American death/black metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that was formed by Vincent Crowley in 1988. The band is...