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proper noun 
  1. (mythology) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
    • And pull her out of by the heels - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii
Etymology: Latin from Greek

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