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Nov 8, 2009
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a•byss



Pronunciation: (u-bis'), [key]
n.
1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time.
3. (in ancient cosmogony)
a. the primal chaos before Creation.
b. the infernal regions; hell.
c. a subterranean ocean.

Abyss.




1. Abyssinia.
2. Abyssinian.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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