underworld

English

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Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

1. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
2. (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

Synonyms

• netherworld

Translations

part of society engaged in crime or vice

Croatian: podzemlje (hr) n. Czech: podsvětí (cs) n. Danish: underverden (da) c. Dutch: onderwereld (nl) m. and f. Finnish: alamaailma (fi) French: pègre (fr) f.

German: Unterwelt (de) f., Halbwelt (de) f. Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m. (ypókosmos) Hungarian: alvilág (hu) Italian: malavita (it) f. Spanish: inframundo (es) m., submundo (es) m., hampa (es) f.

world of the dead

Czech: podsvětí (cs) n. Danish: underverden (da) c. Dutch: onderwereld (nl) m. and f. Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi) Japanese: 黄泉, Yomi, 地獄 Jigoku

German: Unterwelt (de) f. Greek: άδης (el) m. (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n. pl. (tártara) Hungarian: alvilág (hu) Spanish: inframundo (es) m.

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Estonian: allilm (1)

Spanish: infierno m. (2)

See also

• Hades
• hell