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Acheron

ac·he·ron

UK/ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/ US/ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/ uncommon literary

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(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon

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Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”).

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