Acheron Hear it!

Acheron definition

Ach·eron (ak′ər än′)

noun

  1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. a river in Hades: often identified as the river across which Charon ferries the dead
  2. Hades; infernal regions

Etymology: L < Gr; assoc. with achos, pain, hence “river of woe”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.