Avernus
Proper noun
Meaning
The entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
A lake in Southern Italy.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
hades
pluto
charon
erebus
hellfire
tartarus
acheron
netherworld
Nyx
nox
abaddon
sheol
belial
apollyon
tophet
Antonyms
Examples
He accomplished this by cutting through the strips of land which separated the Lacus Lucrinus from the sea, thus forming an outer harbour, while joining the lake Avernus to the Lucrinus to serve as an inner harbor.