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Ha⋅des

  [hey-deez]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology.
a. the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
b. the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
2. (in the Revised Version of the New Testament) the abode or state of the dead.
3. (often lowercase) hell.
Origin:
1590–1600

Related forms:
Ha⋅de⋅an  [hey-dee-uhn, hey-dee-uhn] , adjective
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Hades

[Roman name Pluto]

The Greek and Roman god of the underworld and the ruler of the dead. Also called Dis. The underworld itself was also known to the Greeks as Hades.

Note: The Greek and Roman underworld later became associated with the hell of Christianity, as in the expression “hot as Hades.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

Hades 
1597, from Gk. Haides, in Homer the name of the god of the underworld, of unknown origin. The name of the god transferred in later Gk. writing to his kingdom.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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