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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tis English underworld
From under- world
underworld (plural underworlds
( religion or mythology ) dead , located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife .
Synonyms: netherworld Hades hell In Hindu scriptures, the four-eyed dogs Śārvara and Śyāma guard the underworld's entrance.
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice , and particularly those involved in organized crime .
A disproportionate amount of local politicians have connections to the underworld .
( video games ) Antonym: overworld 2016 Super Mario Bros. 3: Boss Fight Books #13 :In the underworld theme, low notes create a darker feeling that matches the cave setting. This song also creates a sense of continuity across early Mario games, since it's a remix of SMB1's original underworld theme.
world of the dead
Afrikaans: onderwêreld doderyk
Arabic: سِجِّين m ( sijjīn ) , عَالَم سُفْلِيّ m ( ʕālam sufliyy )
Belarusian: падзе́мны свет m ( padzjémny svjet )
Bulgarian: подзе́мно ца́рство n ( podzémno cárstvo ) , подзе́мен свят m ( podzémen svjat )
Catalan: avern (ca) m més enllà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 陰間 / 阴间 ( jam1 gaan1 )
Mandarin: 地獄 / 地狱 (zh) ( dìyù ) , 地府 (zh) ( dìfǔ ) , 陰間 / 阴间 (zh) ( yīnjiān ) , 黃泉 / 黄泉 (zh) ( huángquán ) , 冥界 (zh) ( míngjiè ) , 冥府 (zh) ( míngfǔ )
Cornish: annown m
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f schimmenrijk (nl) n dodenrijk (nl) n
Erzya: масторалкс ( mastoralks )
Esperanto: submondo
Estonian: allmaailm manala toonela
Faroese: undirheimur m helheimur m skuggaheimur m
Finnish: manala (fi) , tuonela (fi)
French: au-delà (fr) m autre monde (fr) m Enfers (fr) m pl
Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი ( mic̣iskvešeti ) , ქვესკნელი ( kvesḳneli ) , ჯოჯოხეთი ( ǯoǯoxeti )
German: Unterwelt (de) f Reich des Todes n Schattenreich (de) n
Greek: άδης m ( ádis ) , τάρταρα (el) n pl ( tártara )
Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (he) m or f ( sh'ol )
Hindi: पाताल (hi) m ( pātāl )
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
Irish: an domhan thíos m
Italian: inferi (it) m pl oltretomba (it) , altro mondo ( figuratively )
Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) ( よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen ) , 地獄 (ja) ( じごく, jigoku ) , 冥界 (ja) ( めいかい, meikai )
Khmer: នរក (km) ( nɔrŭək )
Korean: 명계(冥界) (ko) ( myeonggye ) , 저승 ( jeoseung ) , 저세상 ( jeosesang )
Latin: orcus (la) m infera n pl
Macedonian: по́дземје n ( pódzemje ) , по́дземен свет m ( pódzemen svet )
Māori: kengo rarohenga pō (mi)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үхэгсдийн ертөнц ( üxegsdiin jörtönc )
Mongolian script: ᠦᢈᠦᢉᠰᠡᠳ
Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Old Norse: hel f
Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
Portuguese: submundo (pt) m abismo (pt) m
Romanian: lumea cealaltă (ro) f
Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f ( preispódnjaja ) , загро́бный мир m ( zagróbnyj mir ) , потусторо́нний мир m ( potustorónnij mir ) , тот свет (ru) m ( tot svet , literally “ that world ” ) , подзе́мный мир m ( podzémnyj mir ) , подзе́мное ца́рство n ( podzémnoje cárstvo )
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m más allá (es) m
Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
Thai: ยมโลก (th) ( yom-má-lôok )
Ukrainian: підзе́мний світ m ( pidzémnyj svit )
Welsh: isfyd m ( Welsh mythology ) annwfn m annwn m
part of society engaged in crime or vice
Afrikaans: onderwêreld
Belarusian: злачы́нны свет m ( zlačýnny svjet )
Bulgarian: престъ́пен свят m ( prestǎ́pen svjat )
Catalan: submón (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑社會 / 黑社会
Mandarin: 黑社會 / 黑社会 (zh) ( hēishèhuì )
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f boevenwereld f misdaadwereld f
Esperanto: gangstera mondo
Estonian: allilm
Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m brotsmannaverð f undirheimur m
Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
French: pègre (fr) f
Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო ( damnašaveta samq̇aro ) , კრიმინალური სამყარო ( ḳriminaluri samq̇aro )
German: Unterwelt (de) f Halbwelt (de) f Verbrecherwelt f
Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m ( ypókosmos )
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
Icelandic: undirheimar 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: (please verify ) ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ ( krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt )
Korean: 암흑가(暗黑街) ( amheukga )
Macedonian: по́дземје n ( pódzemje )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гэмт хэргийн ертөнц ( gemt xergiin jörtönc )
Mongolian script: ᢉᠡᠮᠲᠦ
Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Polish: świat przestępczy m półświatek (pl) m
Portuguese: submundo (pt) m
Romanian: lume interlopă f
Russian: престу́пный мир m ( prestúpnyj mir ) , дно (ru) n ( dno )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по́дзе̄мље n
Latin: pódzēmlje (sh) n
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m submundo (es) m hampa (es) f
Swedish: undre värld
Ukrainian: злочи́нний світ m ( zločýnnyj svit )
Welsh: byd lladron m ( rare ) isfyd m
Yiddish: אונטערוועלט f ( untervelt ) , בלאַטע ( blate )
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