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Hades en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhadiːz/ (Ireland)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈheɪdiːz/
  • /ˈheɪdiːz/ (Ireland)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
  2. (Greek) 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 blind poet 3,000 years ago. 1971 March 7, Marcus Brooke, “To Hades and Back (Hic) With Homer’s Help”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2024:
  3. In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
  4. Hell.
  5. (qualifier:chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy, specifically) Hell. ▸ Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.

Deriveds

Hadean

Relateds

Hell · Tartarus · Pluto · Gehenna

Translations (119)

ast Hades (from Greek mythology) · ar هَادِيس (from Greek mythology) · arz هيدز (from Greek mythology) · it Ade (the Greek translation of Sheol) · de Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · sh Had (from Greek mythology) · az Aid (from Greek mythology) · tr Hades (from Greek mythology) · bn হাদেস (from Greek mythology) · fr Hadès (the Greek translation of Sheol) · pa ਹੇਡੀਸ (from Greek mythology) · pt Tártaro (hell) · cmn 陰間 /阴间 (hell) · sw Hade (from Greek mythology) · oc Ades (from Greek mythology) · ru Га́дес (from Greek mythology) · fa هادس (from Greek mythology) · cmn 哈迪斯 (from Greek mythology) · br Haides (from Greek mythology) · ett 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌀 (from Greek mythology) · fi Haades (from Greek mythology) · cmn 哈得斯 (from Greek mythology) · sw kuzimu (the Greek translation of Sheol) · sk Hádes (from Greek mythology) · mr हेडीस (from Greek mythology) · mk Ад (the Greek translation of Sheol) · ta ஏடிசு (from Greek mythology) · es Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · sw Hadesi (from Greek mythology) · hi हेडीस (from Greek mythology) · gl Hades (from Greek mythology) · cmn 冥府 (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · uk Гадес (from Greek mythology) · sq Hadi (from Greek mythology) · el Άδης (from Greek mythology) · yue 哈帝斯 (from Greek mythology) · cmn 地獄 /地狱 (hell) · it Ade (from Greek mythology) · ru тот свет (hell) · ko 하데스 (from Greek mythology) · ml ഹേഡിസ് (from Greek mythology) · lt Hadas (from Greek mythology) · el κόλαση (hell) · lv Aīds (from Greek mythology) · ja 地獄 (hell) · sv Hades (from Greek mythology) · mzn هادس (from Greek mythology) · ru ад (hell) · be Га́дэс (from Greek mythology) · ast Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · ru Аи́д (the Greek translation of Sheol) · mk Ад (from Greek mythology) · grc ᾍδης (the Greek translation of Sheol) · ga Háidéas (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · mn ад (hell) · ru Аи́д (from Greek mythology) · nl Hades (from Greek mythology) · hu Hádész (from Greek mythology) · vep Aid (from Greek mythology) · pl Hades (from Greek mythology) · ja 冥土 (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · grc ᾍδης (from Greek mythology) · uz Aid (from Greek mythology) · tr tamu (hell) · hy Հադես (from Greek mythology) · tt Aid (from Greek mythology) · la Tartarus (hell) · eo Hadeso (from Greek mythology) · tr Tartaros (from Greek mythology) · cs Hádes (from Greek mythology) · be Аід (from Greek mythology) · ba йәһәннәм (hell) · fi tuonela (hell) · bg ад (hell) · de Hades (the Greek translation of Sheol) · es Hades (from Greek mythology) · ja 黄泉 (hell) · pl Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · uk Аїдоней (from Greek mythology) · ca Hades (from Greek mythology) · el Άδης (the Greek translation of Sheol) · ko 지옥 (hell) · it Ade (hell) · cop Ⲁⲙⲉⲛϯ (from Greek mythology) · sv Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · bn হেডিস (from Greek mythology) · or ହେଡ଼େସ୍ (from Greek mythology) · pt Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · th เฮดีส (from Greek mythology) · my ဟေးဒီးစ် (from Greek mythology) · kk Аид (from Greek mythology) · grc ᾍδης (hell) · grc ᾍδης (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · ga Háidéas (from Greek mythology) · nl hel (the Greek translation of Sheol) · ka ჰადესი (from Greek mythology) · eo Aido (from Greek mythology) · tr hades (hell) · fr Hadès (from Greek mythology) · bg Хадес (from Greek mythology) · gl Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · uk Аїд (from Greek mythology) · ru преиспо́дняя (hell) · ja 冥界 (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · de Hades (from Greek mythology) · tr Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · tr tartaros (hell) · he האדס (from Greek mythology) · sl Had (from Greek mythology) · tr cehennem (hell) · mk Ад (the underworld, the domain of Hades) · pt Hades (from Greek mythology) · ru Га́дес (the Greek translation of Sheol) · cmn 地府 (hell) · el Τάρταρα (from Greek mythology) · mk ад (hell) · ba тамуҡ (hell) · ja ハーデース (from Greek mythology) · ca Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades)