"Erebus" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛɹəbəs/
Etymology: From Latin Erebus. Doublet of rajas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Erebus}} Latin Erebus, {{doublet|en|rajas}} Doublet of rajas Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Erebus
  1. (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Death
    Sense id: en-Erebus-en-name-BBvOQD0E Disambiguation of Death: 17 40 43 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (Greek mythology) The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Afterlife, Death, Gods
    Sense id: en-Erebus-en-name-7t3fMrYs Disambiguation of Afterlife: 24 49 27 Disambiguation of Death: 17 40 43 Disambiguation of Gods: 38 48 15 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. A volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus. Categories (topical): Death Categories (place): Antarctica Synonyms: Erebos
    Sense id: en-Erebus-en-name-jUem61a3 Disambiguation of Death: 17 40 43 Disambiguation of Antarctica: 6 9 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 12 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 12 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (mythology): Èreb [masculine] (Catalan), Erebos (Danish), Érèbe [masculine] (French), Έρεβος (Érevos) (Greek), Erebosi (Greenlandic), ᐄᕆᐳᔅ (iiripos) (Inuktitut), Erebus [masculine] (Latin), Эреб (Ereb) [masculine] (Russian), Érebo (Spanish), Ере́б (Eréb) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'mythology': 44 54 1

Alternative forms

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