Styx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
  2. The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
  3. A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Pronunciation

/stɪks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Styx.wav

Word forms

Styx Stix

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

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