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Definition of Charons

Charon
Charon Cha"ron, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Cless. Myth.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. --Shak.

Meaning of Charons from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -⁠ən; Ancient Gr****: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Gr**** underworld. He carries...
- Charon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -⁠ən or /ˈʃærən/ SHAIR-ən), known as (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf...
- as a Charon ends the game. In the fourth, Amaya is lured into the warehouse by the Charons. Matias arrives at the park but realizes the Charons have led...
- five known moons: Charon, the largest, whose diameter is just over half that of Pluto; Styx; Nix; Kerberos; and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered...
- Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Gr**** and Latin literary sources specify the coin...
- underworld. Charon may also refer to: Caronte (album) (Charon), a 1971 album by Italian band The Trip Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band Charon (CrossGen)...
- following six species: Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949) — Solomon Islands Charon gervaisi Harvey & West...
- Charon grayi, the giant whip-spider, is a species of whip spider found in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands...
- Charon was a Finnish gothic metal band from Raahe. Charon was founded in 1992 by Antti Karihtala, Teemu Hautamäki, Pasi Sipilä, and J****e Hast and was...
- The geology of Charon encomp****es the characteristics of the surface, crust, and interior of Pluto's moon Charon. Like the geology of Pluto, almost nothing...