"Abaddon" meaning in English

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Proper name

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Etymology: From the Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from the Late Latin Abaddōn, from the Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn), from the Biblical Hebrew ⁧אבדון⁩ (ʾăḇaddōn, literally “destruction, abyss”), from ⁧אבד⁩ (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon}} Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, {{der|en|LL.|Abaddōn}} Late Latin Abaddōn, {{der|en|grc|Ἀβαδδών}} Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn), {{der|en|hbo|אבדון|lit=destruction, abyss|tr=ʾăḇaddōn}} Biblical Hebrew ⁧אבדון⁩ (ʾăḇaddōn, literally “destruction, abyss”), {{m|he|אבד|t=to be lost, to perish|tr=ʾāḇaḏ}} ⁧אבד⁩ (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Abaddon
  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon; Translations (the destroyer): Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧اَبَادُون⁩ (abadūn) [masculine] (Arabic), শয়তান (śoẏotan) (Bengali), অনিষ্টকারী (oniśṭokari) (Bengali), Ангелът на мрака (Angelǎt na mraka) (Bulgarian), 亞巴頓 (Chinese Cantonese), 亚巴顿 (aa³ baa¹ deon⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 亞巴頓 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚巴顿 (Yàbādùn) (Chinese Mandarin), Apollyon (Dutch), Abaddon [masculine] (German), Abadón [masculine] (Irish), 아바똔 (abatton) (Korean), Abaddōn [Late-Latin, masculine] (Latin), Āwēstend [masculine] (Old English), Аваддо́н (Avaddón) [masculine] (Russian), Abadón [masculine] (Spanish), con quỷ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Abaddon-en-name-bXLuHuCO Disambiguation of 'the destroyer': 98 2
  2. (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. Tags: poetic Synonyms: Abaddan, Abadon Derived forms: abaddon Translations (Hell): ⁧جَحِيم⁩ (jaḥīm) [masculine] (Arabic), নরক (norok) (Bengali), преизподня (preizpodnja) (Bulgarian), пъкъл (pǎkǎl) (Bulgarian), 亞巴頓 (Chinese Cantonese), 亚巴顿 (aa³ baa¹ deon⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 亞巴頓 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚巴顿 (Yàbādùn) (Chinese Mandarin), de hel (diepten der) [masculine] (Dutch), Abaddon [masculine] (German), Abadón [masculine] (Spanish), địa ngục (Vietnamese), âm phủ (Vietnamese), âm ti (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Abaddon-en-name-PByAnWlI Disambiguation of 'Hell': 4 96

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yàbādùn",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "word": "亚巴顿"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "de hel (diepten der)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abaddon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abadón"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "word": "địa ngục"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "word": "âm phủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hell",
      "word": "âm ti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Abaddon"
}

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