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

• (world of the dead): netherworld

Translations

part of society engaged in crime or vice

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑社會 (cmn), 黑社会 (cmn) (hēishèhuì)

• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden (da) c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld (nl) f, misdaadwereld (nl) f
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• Estonian: allilm (et)
• Faroese: brotsmannaheimur (fo) m, brotsmannaverð (fo) f, undirheimur (fo) m
• Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
• French: pègre (fr) f
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• German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt (de) f
• Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) (ypókosmos) m
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• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
• Icelandic: undirheimar (is) m pl
• Italian: malavita (it) f
• Japanese: 暗黒街 (ja) (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
• Khmer: ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (km) (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
• Polish: świat przestępczy m
• Portuguese: submundo (pt) m
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• Russian: преступный мир (ru) (prestúpnyj mir) m, дно (ru) (dno) n
• Serbo-Croatian: podzemlje (sh) n
• Slovak: podsvetie (sk) n
• Spanish: inframundo (es) m, submundo (es) m, hampa (es) f
• Swedish: undre värld (sv)
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• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

world of the dead

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地獄 (cmn), 地狱 (cmn) (dìyù), 地府 (cmn) (dìfǔ), 陰間 (cmn), 阴间 (cmn) (yīnjiān), 閻王 (cmn), 阎王 (cmn) (yánwáng)

• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden (da) c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
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• Estonian: allmaailm (et), manala (et), toonela (et)
• Faroese: undirheimur (fo) m, helheimur (fo) m, skuggaheimur (fo) m
• Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
• French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m
• German: Unterwelt (de) f
• Greek: άδης (el) (ádis) m, τάρταρα (el) (tártara) n pl
• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)

• Icelandic: undirheimar (is) m pl
• Irish: an domhan thíos (ga) m
• Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku)
• Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrʊək)
• Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
• Portuguese: submundo (pt) m
• Russian: преисподняя (ru) (preispódnjaja) f, загробный мир (ru) (zagróbnyj mir) m, потусторонний мир (ru) (potustorónnij mir) m, тот свет (ru) (tot svet) m
• Slovak: podsvetie (sk) n
• Spanish: inframundo (es) m, más allá (es) m
• Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n

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• Estonian: allilm (1)

• Spanish: infierno m (2)

See also

• Hades, Tartarus
• hell
• Hel, Niflheim, Niflhel
• Gehenna