Underworld
Pronunciation : Un"der*world`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913