acheron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
    River Acheron.

WordNet

Ach"e*ron noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Myth.) 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. Shak.

Webster 1913