netherworld
- Noun. The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
- Noun. The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
- Noun. Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
- Noun. (by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
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