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Ach⋅er⋅on

  [ak-uh-ron]
–noun
1. Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
2. the infernal regions; hell; Hades.
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Ach·er·on   (āk'ə-rŏn', -rən)   
n.   Greek Mythology
The river of woe, one of the five rivers of Hades.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Acheron 
1590, fabled river of the Lower World. The name probably means "marsh-like" (cf. akherousai "marshlike water"); the derivation from akhos "woe" is considered folk etymology.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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