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单词 averno
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Averno

[ uh-vur-noh; Italian ah-ver-naw ]
/ əˈvɜr noʊ; Italian ɑˈvɛr nɔ /

noun

a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
Ancient A·ver·nus.

Words nearby Averno

average speed, averaging light meter, Ave Regina Coelorum, Averil, averment, Averno, Avernus, Averroës, Averroism, averse, aversion
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Example sentences from the Web for Averno

  • Monte Nuovo,—is a mountain in the environs of Naples, which blocks up the valley of Averno.

    The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

British Dictionary definitions for Averno

Averno
/ (Italian aˈvɛrno) /

noun

a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hellLatin name: Avernus (əˈvɜːnəs)

Word Origin for Averno

from Latin, from Greek aornos without birds, from a- 1 + ornis bird; referring to the legend that the lake's sulphurous exhalations killed birds
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