underworld

See also: Underworld

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underworld

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Etymology

From under- +‎ world.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndəˌwɜːld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚˌwɚld/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

1. (religion or mythology) The world of the 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.

2. 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.

3. (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.

   Antonym: overworld

   • 2016, Alyse Knorr, 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.

Translations

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) Classical Nahuatl: mictlān 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) Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō (mi) Mongolian: Cyrillic: үхэгсдийн ертөнц (üxegsdiin jörtönc) Mongolian: ᠦᢈᠦᢉᠰᠡᠳ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ Nahuatl: mictlan (nah) 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: ᢉᠡᠮᠲᠦ ᢈᠡᠷᠡᢉ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ 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 Roman: 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: (please verify) allilm (1) Spanish: (please verify) infierno (es) m (2)

See also

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