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冥界 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Hades proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
  • netherworld noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
  • underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.

Senses

冥界 is used for these senses in English:

  • Hades (Greek god) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
  • netherworld The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
  • underworld (religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

Hades — full definition

  1. proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
  2. proper noun The underworld itself, the realm of the dead in Greek mythology; loosely, hell.

netherworld — full definition

  1. noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
  2. noun A hidden or shadowy underground subculture, such as organized crime.

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