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Hades¹
- /ˈheɪdiːz/
- /ˈheɪdiːz/ Ireland
- /ˈhadiːz/ Ireland
Rhymes with -eɪdiːz
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).
proper noun
- The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
- The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god. I have just returned from a visit to Hades, and I had a devilishly good time. […] To the ancients, Hades was the great underworld on the River Styx described so graphically by Homer in the “Odyssey.” Even today, visitors follow the same directions to get to Hades as those recited for Ulysses by the
- In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
- Hell.
- Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.
hades²
noun
- plural of hade
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of hade
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pluto, hel, underworld, netherworld, hell, aides, aidoneus, infernal region, scheol, sheol, dis, ades, hera, rhea, osiris, zeus
Translations
Every language
name from Greek mythology
| Español | Hades |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하데스 Hadeseu |
| 日本語 | ハーデース Hādēsu |
| 中文 | 哈得斯 Hādésī, 哈迪斯 Hādísī |
| हिन्दी | हेडीस heḍīs |
| Kiswahili | Hade, Hadesi |
| Português | Hades |
| Français | Hadès |
| Deutsch | Hades |
| Italiano | Ade |
| Ελληνικά | Άδης Ádis, Τάρταρα Tártara |
| Русский | Аи́д Aíd, Га́дес Gádɛs |
| العربية | هَادِيس hādīs |
| עברית | האדס |
name hell
| 한국어 | 지옥 jiok |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 黄泉, 地獄 jigoku |
| 中文 | 地獄 /地狱 dìyù, 地府 dìfǔ, 陰間 /阴间 yīnjiān |
| Português | Tártaro |
| Italiano | Ade |
| Ελληνικά | κόλαση kólasi |
| Русский | ад ad, преиспо́дняя preispódnjaja, тот свет tot svet |
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title = {hades},
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