Charon

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
• The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

Noun

• Any ferryman.

Related

Similar words

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Origin

• From Ancient Greek Χάρων. The name of the moon was , in reference to a fictional moon of Pluto in a novel by Edmond Hamilton but also influenced by its similarity to Char, a pet name for Charlene, his wife's name — hence the alternative American pronunciation, which is used at NASA.