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Definitions for charon
ˈkɛər ən, ˈkær-charon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Charonnoun

    (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades

Wiktionary

  1. Charonnoun

    The ferryman of Hades. (Read more at Wikipedia)

  2. Charonnoun

    The largest of three moons of Pluto. (Read more at Wikipedia)

  3. Etymology: From Χάρων.

Wikipedia

  1. Charon

    In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead. Archaeology confirms that, in some burials, low-value coins were placed in, on, or near the mouth of the deceased, or next to the cremation urn containing their ashes. This has been taken to confirm that at least some aspects of Charon's mytheme are reflected in some Greek and Roman funeral practices, or else the coins function as a viaticum for the soul's journey. In Virgil's epic poem, Aeneid, the dead who could not pay the fee, and those who had received no funeral rites, had to wander the near shores of the Styx for one hundred years before they were allowed to cross the river.Some mortals, heroes, and demigods were said to have descended to the underworld and returned from it as living beings. This journey is known as catabasis, and those who undergo it may acquire partial or full immortality, either through persuasion or payment of another, more exceptional fee. To pay for his entry to Hades as a living mortal, Virgil's Aeneas gives Charon the Golden Bough.

ChatGPT

  1. charon

    Charon is the largest of the five known moons of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 and is almost half the size of Pluto. It is named after the mythological figure Charon, who was the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology. Charon orbits Pluto so closely that they are sometimes considered a double dwarf system. Besides this, Charon is also a term used in Greek mythology.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Charonnoun

    the son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions

  2. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. .]

Wikidata

  1. Charon

    Charon is the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. Following the 2005 discovery of two other natural satellites of Pluto, in 2011, a fourth, S/2011 P 1, and on July 11, 2012, a fifth satellite S/2012 P 1, Charon may also be referred to as Pluto I. The New Horizons mission is scheduled to visit Charon and Pluto in July 2015.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Charon

    kā′ron, n. in Greek mythology, the ferryman who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx in the lower world: a ferryman generally. [Gr.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Charon

    in the Greek mythology the ferryman of the ghosts of the dead over the Styx into Hades, a grim old figure with a mean dress and a dirty beard, peremptory in exacting from the ghosts he ferried over the obolus allowed him for passage-money.

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Mythology

  1. Charon

    (Char′on) was the son of Nox and Erebus. He was the ferryman who conveyed the spirits of the dead, in a boat, over the rivers Acheron and Styx to the Elysian Fields. “Charon’s toll” was a coin put into the hands of the dead with which to pay the grim ferryman.

    “From the dark mansions of the dead, Where Charon with his lazy boat Ferries o’er Lethe’s sedgy moat.”

Who Was Who?

  1. Charon

    Ferryman. Never had a childhood. Devoted life to his business. Has navigated more people than all the Atlantic liners combined. Ambition: A launch. Recreation: None. Address: The Styx.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CHARON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Charon is ranked #21403 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Charon surname appeared 1,222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Charon.

    69.3% or 847 total occurrences were White.
    24% or 294 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.4% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
    1.5% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for charon »

  1. anchor

  2. archon

  3. noarch

  4. rancho

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of charon in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of charon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of charon in a Sentence

  1. Alan Stern:

    Pluto and Charon are both mindblowing, i think that the biggest surprise is the complexity we're seeing in both objects.

  2. New Horizons ':

    Charon blew our socks off when we had this new image today, we have just been thrilled.

  3. New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin:

    Pluto did not disappoint. Charon did not disappoint, either.

  4. Alan Stern:

    Pluto and Charon are both mind-blowing, i think that the biggest surprise is the complexity we're seeing in both objects.

  5. New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin:

    Charon just blew our socks off, it's a small world with deep canyons, troughs, cliffs ... dark regions that are still slightly mysterious to us.

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