"afterworld" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: afterworlds [plural]
Etymology: From after + world. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|after|world}} after + world Head templates: {{en-noun}} afterworld (plural afterworlds)
  1. A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife. Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: after-world Translations (supposed world that is entered after death): 來生 (Chinese Mandarin), 来生 (láishēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 來世 (Chinese Mandarin), 来世 (láishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 陰間 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴间 (yīnjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), tuonpuoleinen (Finnish), zaświaty [masculine, plural] (Polish), загро́бный мир (zagróbnyj mir) [masculine] (Russian)

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