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inferna

“inferna” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the lower parts of the body, the abdomen
  2. the underworld
  3. the hell

Etymology

Substantivized neuter plural of īnfernus (“lower”); senses 2 and 3 are clippings of the phrase īnferna loca (“infernal regions”).

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