RIVER STYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does River Styx mean? 

• RIVER STYX (noun)
  The noun RIVER STYX has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVER STYX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

River Styx; Styx

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 Styx" is a part of...):

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