Charon

Translingual

Charon grayii

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Charon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders in the family.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Amblypygi - order; Charontoidea - superfamily; Charontidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Charon grayi (giant whip-spider) - type species; for other species see Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Charon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Charon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Image taken of Charon in July 2015

Charon's planetary symbol ⟨⯕⟩

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). The name of the moon was coined by American astronomer James W. Christy in 1978, 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹɒn/, /ˈkɛːrən/
• (US) (Greek mythology): IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹən/
• (US) (astronomy): IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/, /ˈkɛəɹɑn/, /-ɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹən, -ɛəɹɒn
• Hyphenation: Char‧on

Proper noun

Charon

1. (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
2. (astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): ⯕

Derived terms

• Charonian
• Charonic

Translations

a moon of Pluto

• Arabic: شَارُون m (šarūn)
• Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冥衛一／冥卫一 (Míngwèiyī)

• Czech: Charon m inan
• Danish: Charon
• Finnish: Kharon (fi)
• French: Charon (fr)
• Galician: Caronte (gl)
• German: Charon (de) m
• Greek: Χάρων (el) m (Cháron), Χάροντας (el) m (Chárontas)
• Greenlandic: Charoni
• Hungarian: Kharón
• Italian: Caronte m
• Japanese: カロン (ja) (Karon), シャロン (Sharon)
• Korean: 카론 (Karon)
• Macedonian: Харон m (Haron)
• Maori: kūwata
• Marathi: केरन (keran)
• Polish: Charon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caronte
• Russian: Харо́н (ru) m (Xarón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Haron (sh) m

• Sicilian: Carunti m
• Spanish: Caronte (es)
• Swedish: Charon (sv)

the ferryman of Hades

• Arabic: خَارُون (ḵārūn)
• Armenian: Քարոն (hy) (Kʻaron)
• Basque: Karon (eu)
• Breton: C'haron
• Bulgarian: Харо́н m (Harón)
• Catalan: Caront m
• Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡戎 (Kǎróng)

• Corsican: Caronti
• Czech: Charón m anim, Charon m anim
• Danish: Karon
• Finnish: Kharon (fi)
• Galician: Caronte (gl)
• Georgian: ქარონი (ka) (karoni)
• Greek: Χάρων (el) m (Cháron), Χάρος (el) m (Cháros)

  Ancient: Χάρων m (Khárōn)

• Greenlandic: Charoni
• Hebrew: כארון
• Hungarian: Charon, Kharón
• Indonesian: Kharon
• Inuktitut: ᖄᕈᓐ (qaaron)
• Irish: Carón
• Japanese: カローン
• Korean: 카론 (Karon)
• Ligurian: Caronte, Charu, Charun
• Lithuanian: Charonas
• Macedonian: Харон m (Haron)
• Marathi: केरन (keran)
• Norwegian: Kharon
• Persian: خارون
• Polish: Charon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caronte
• Russian: Харо́н (ru) m (Xarón)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ха̑рон m

  Roman: Hȃron (sh) m

• Sicilian: Carunti m
• Slovak: Charón, Cháron
• Slovene: Haron (sl)
• Spanish: Caronte (es)
• Thai: แครอน
• Turkish: Kharoon
• Ukrainian: Харо́н m (Xarón)

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra

Noun

Charon (plural Charons)

1. (poetic) Any ferryman.

Anagrams

• Anchor, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch, rancho

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaron]
• Rhymes: -aron
• Hyphenation: Cha‧ron

Proper noun

Charon m inan (related adjective charonský)

2. (astronomy) Charon (moon of Pluto) [since 1985]
   • 1989, Jiří Grygar, Vladimír Železný, Okna vesmíru dokořán, Praha: Naše vojsko, →ISBN, page 107:

     […] Charon „visí“ trvale nad určitým místem povrchu Pluta podobně jako geostacionární umělé družice Země nad pozemskou stanicí.

     […] Charon "hangs" above a certain point of the Pluto's surface in a similar way as geostationary artificial satellites of the Earth above a terrestrial station.

Declension

Declension of Charon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Charon
genitive	Charona, Charonu
dative	Charonu
accusative	Charon, Charona
vocative	Charone
locative	Charonu
instrumental	Charonem

Proper noun

Charon m anim (related adjective Charonův)

2. (Greek mythology) Alternative spelling of Charón (the ferryman of Hades)
   • 1892, Jan Blokša, “Dante Alighieri a Vergilius Maro”, in Hlídka‎^[1], volume 9, page 318:

     Charon uviděv Aeneáše ozbrojeného připomněl si Heraklea, který též tak přišel a násilně si v podsvětí počínal, […]

     Charon having seen armed Aeneas remembered Herakles, who had also come in such a way and behaved violently in the underworld, […]

Declension

Declension of Charon (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Charon
genitive	Charona
dative	Charonovi
accusative	Charona
vocative	Charone
locative	Charonovi
instrumental	Charonem

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• “Charon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.rɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɔn
• Syllabification: Cha‧ron

Proper noun

Charon m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx)
2. (astronomy) Charon (largest of the five moons of Pluto)

Declension

Declension of Charon

	singular	plural
nominative	Charon	Charoni/Charony (deprecative)
genitive	Charona	Charonów
dative	Charonowi	Charonom
accusative	Charona	Charonów
instrumental	Charonem	Charonami
locative	Charonie	Charonach
vocative	Charonie	Charoni

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• Charon in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Proper noun

Charon

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative spelling of Haron
2. (astronomy) Charon