Hades
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades
- (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
- (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
- In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
- Hell.
- (specifically, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.
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from Greek mythology
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the underworld, the domain of Hades
the Greek translation of Sheol
hell
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See also edit
- Gehenna (from Ancient Greek: γέεννα (géenna))
- Hell
- Pluto
- Tartarus (from Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος (Tártaros))
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
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From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades m
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From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades m
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From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades m
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Hades m
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades m pers
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Declension of Hades
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Hades m inan
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Declension of Hades
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- Hades in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Learned borrowing from Latin Hades, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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- Hyphenation: Ha‧des
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Hades m
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
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Hades m
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Hades