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RIVER COCYTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does River Cocytus mean? 

RIVER COCYTUS (noun)
  The noun RIVER COCYTUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheronplay

  Familiarity information: RIVER COCYTUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIVER COCYTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Cocytus; River Cocytus

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("River Cocytus" is a part of...):

Hades; Hell; infernal region; netherworld; Scheol; underworld ((religion) the world of the dead)


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