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Asheron

Asheron is the alternative form of Acheron.

Meaning of Acheron

Proper noun (1)

Acheron

  1. (Greek) A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
    • Ile diue into the burning lake belowe, / And pull her out of Acaron by the heeles.c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas...
  2. (literary) Hell.
  3. A small town in Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun (2)

Acheron

  1. A language of Sudan.

Questions about Asheron

What is Asheron the alternative form of?
Asheron is the alternative form of Acheron.

Words near Asheron in the dictionary

  1. asheries
  2. asherim
  3. Asherite
  4. Asherites
  5. Asherman's syndrome
  6. Asheron
  7. asherot
  8. ashers
  9. Asherson
  10. Asherson's syndrome
  11. ashery

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