Definition of acheron Acheron

Ach•er•on

We found 7 definitions of acheron from 6 different sources.

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What does acheron mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
acheron - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
  River Acheron
  netherworld, scheol, hades, infernal region, underworld, hell the criminal class
  greek mythology the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • acheron (n.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • acheron
    ISO 639-6 entity
  • acheron
    A language of Sudan.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • acheron
    ak′kėr-on, n. death, hell—from the name of that river in the infernal regions of classical mythology.—adj. Acheron′tic, deadly

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • acheron
    A small stream in ancient Bruttium. In 330 B.C., Alexander, king of Epirus, was killed while crossing it.

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