HOW TO PRONOUNCE
hades
/ˈheɪdiz/
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What does hades mean?
noun
- plural of hade
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of hade
proper noun
- The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
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proper noun
- The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈheɪdiz/
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“What we do then must be done within an hour. What is the best way, Thuvia, the shortest way out of this celestial Hades?”
Egdon was her Hades, and since coming there she had imbibed much of what was dark in its tone, though inwardly and eternally unreconciled thereto.
More book examples (3)
A homely cot and a crust of bread with my adorable Lucretia would be a paradise, where a palace without you would be a hades.
Redder than strawberry syrup and as hot as the fiery lake in Hades it flows over the rim of the hearth and out through the slag-hole.
Although the travelling was good and the path direct, an hour had gone before two more miles were put between her and the Hades of roses.