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GEHENNA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Gehenna mean?

• GEHENNA (noun)
The noun GEHENNA has 1 sense:

1. a place where the wicked are punished after death

Familiarity information: GEHENNA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GEHENNA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A place where the wicked are punished after death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gehenna; Tartarus

Hypernyms ("Gehenna" is a kind of...):

Hell; infernal region; Inferno; nether region; perdition; pit ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment)

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