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əˈvɜr nəsav·er·nus
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Avernusnoun
Hell. The underworld.
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Avernus
Avernus was an ancient name for a volcanic crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy, in the region of Campania west of Naples. Part of the Phlegraean Fields of volcanoes, Avernus is approximately 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) in circumference. Within the crater is Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno).
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Avernus is a name that refers to multiple related things in different contexts. In Roman mythology, Avernus was a volcanic crater lake near Cumae, Italy, believed to be an entrance to the underworld. In modern usage, Avernus may also refer to literary or cultural references to this mythical place, symbolizing a gate to hell or a place of danger or darkness.
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Avernus
Avernus was an ancient name for a crater near Cumae, Italy, in the Region of Campania west of Naples. It is approximately 3.2 kilometres in circumference. Within the crater is Lake Avernus.
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Avernus
a deep lake in Italy, near Naples, 1½ m. in circumference, occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, at one time surrounded by a dark wood, and conceived, from its gloomy appearance, as well as from the mephitic vapours it exhaled, to be the entrance to the infernal world, and identified with it.
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Mythology
Avernus
(Aver′nus), a poisonous lake, referred to by poets as being at the entrance of the infernal regions, but it was really a lake in Campania, in Italy.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of avernus in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of avernus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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