under- + world
underworld (plural underworlds)
- (religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
- That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
- (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.
- Antonym: overworld
2016, Alyse Knorr, Super Mario Bros. 3: Boss Fight Books #13:In the underworld theme, low notes create a darker feeling that matches the cave setting. This song also creates a sense of continuity across early Mario games, since it's a remix of SMB1's original underworld theme.
world of the dead
- Afrikaans: onderwêreld, doderyk
- Arabic: سِجِّين m (sijjīn), عَالَم سُفْلِيّ m (ʕālam sufliyy)
- Belarusian: падзе́мны свет m (padzjémny svjet)
- Bulgarian: подзе́мно ца́рство n (podzémno cárstvo), подзе́мен свят m (podzémen svjat)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 陰間/阴间 (jam1 gaan1)
- Mandarin: 地獄/地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間/阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 黃泉/黄泉 (zh) (huángquán), 冥界 (zh) (míngjiè), 冥府 (zh) (míngfǔ)
- Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
- Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
- Danish: underverden c
- Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
- Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks)
- Esperanto: submondo
- Estonian: allmaailm, manala, toonela
- Faroese: undirheimur m, helheimur m, skuggaheimur m
- Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
- French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m, Enfers (fr) m pl
- Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti), ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli), ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti)
- German: Unterwelt (de) f, Reich des Todes n, Schattenreich n
- Greek: άδης m (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n pl (tártara)
- Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (he) m or f (sh'ol)
- Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
- Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
- Irish: an domhan thíos m
- Italian: inferi m pl, oltretomba (it), altro mondo (figuratively)
- Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku), 冥界 (ja) (めいかい, meikai)
- Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrŭək)
- Korean: 명계(冥界) (ko) (myeonggye), 저승 (jeoseung), 저세상 (jeosesang)
- Latin: orcus (la) m, infera n pl
- Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje), по́дземен свет m (pódzemen svet)
- Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō (mi)
- Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: underverden m
- Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
- Portuguese: submundo m, abismo (pt) m
- Romanian: lumea cealaltă (ro) f
- Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), загро́бный мир m (zagróbnyj mir), потусторо́нний мир m (potustorónnij mir), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet, literally “that world”), подзе́мный мир m (podzémnyj mir), подзе́мное ца́рство n (podzémnoje cárstvo)
- Slovak: podsvetie n
- Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
- Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
- Thai: ยมโลก (th) (yom-má-lôok)
- Ukrainian: підзе́мний світ m (pidzémnyj svit)
- Welsh: isfyd m, (Welsh mythology) Annwfn m, Annwn m
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part of society engaged in crime or vice
- Afrikaans: onderwêreld
- Belarusian: злачы́нны свет m (zlačýnny svjet)
- Bulgarian: престъ́пен свят m (prestǎ́pen svjat)
- Catalan: submón (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 黑社會/黑社会
- Mandarin: 黑社會/黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì)
- Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
- Danish: underverden c
- Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld f, misdaadwereld f
- Esperanto: gangstera mondo
- Estonian: allilm
- Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m, brotsmannaverð f, undirheimur m
- Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
- French: pègre (fr) f
- Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro), კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro)
- German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt f
- Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m (ypókosmos)
- Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
- Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
- Italian: malavita (it) f
- Japanese: 暗黒街 (ja) (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
- Khmer: (please verify) ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
- Korean: 암흑가(暗黑街) (amheukga)
- Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje)
- Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: underverden m
- Polish: świat przestępczy m, półświatek (pl) m
- Portuguese: submundo m
- Romanian: lume interlopă f
- Russian: престу́пный мир m (prestúpnyj mir), дно (ru) n (dno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по́дзе̄мље n
- Roman: pódzēmlje (sh) n
- Slovak: podsvetie n
- Spanish: inframundo m, submundo m, hampa (es) f
- Swedish: undre värld
- Ukrainian: злочи́нний світ m (zločýnnyj svit)
- Welsh: byd lladron m, (rare) isfyd m
- Yiddish: אונטערוועלט f (untervelt), בלאַטע (blate)
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