Charon

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• UK: /ˈkɛəɹɒn/
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• UK: /ˈkɛːrən/
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• US: /ˈkɛəɹən/
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• US: /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/
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• US: /ˈkɛəɹɑn/
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• US: /-ɹən/
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹən
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Charōn, 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.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَارُون (ḵārūn) — the ferryman of Hades
• Armenian: Քարոն (Kʻaron) — the ferryman of Hades
• Basque: Karon — the ferryman of Hades
• Breton: C'haron — the ferryman of Hades
• Bulgarian: Харо́н (Harón) — the ferryman of Hades
• Catalan: Caront — the ferryman of Hades
• Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni) — the ferryman of Hades
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡戎 (Kǎróng) — the ferryman of Hades
• Corsican: Caronti — the ferryman of Hades
• Czech: Charón — the ferryman of Hades
• Czech: Charon — the ferryman of Hades
• Danish: Karon — the ferryman of Hades
• Dutch: Charon — the ferryman of Hades
• Finnish: Kharon — the ferryman of Hades
• Galician: Caronte — the ferryman of Hades
• Georgian: ქარონი (karoni) — the ferryman of Hades
• German: Charon — the ferryman of Hades
• Greek: Χάρων (Cháron) — the ferryman of Hades
• Greek: Χάρος (Cháros) — the ferryman of Hades
• Ancient Greek: Χάρων (Khárōn) — the ferryman of Hades
• Greenlandic: Charoni — the ferryman of Hades
• Hebrew: כארון — the ferryman of Hades
• Hungarian: Charon — the ferryman of Hades
• Hungarian: Kharón — the ferryman of Hades
• Indonesian: Kharon — the ferryman of Hades
• Inuktitut: ᖄᕈᓐ (qaaron) — the ferryman of Hades
• Irish: Carón — the ferryman of Hades
• Italian: Caronte — the ferryman of Hades
• Japanese: カローン — the ferryman of Hades
• Korean: 카론 (Karon) — the ferryman of Hades
• Ligurian: Caronte — the ferryman of Hades
• Ligurian: Charu — the ferryman of Hades
• Ligurian: Charun — the ferryman of Hades
• Lithuanian: Charonas — the ferryman of Hades
• Macedonian: Харон (Haron) — the ferryman of Hades
• Marathi: केरन (keran) — the ferryman of Hades
• Norwegian: Kharon — the ferryman of Hades
• Persian: خارون — the ferryman of Hades
• Polish: Charon — the ferryman of Hades
• Portuguese: Caronte — the ferryman of Hades
• Russian: Харо́н (Xarón) — the ferryman of Hades
• Serbo-Croatian: Ха̑рон — the ferryman of Hades
• Serbo-Croatian: Hȃron — the ferryman of Hades
• Sicilian: Carunti — the ferryman of Hades
• Slovak: Charón — the ferryman of Hades
• Slovak: Cháron — the ferryman of Hades
• Slovene: Haron — the ferryman of Hades
• Spanish: Caronte — the ferryman of Hades
• Thai: แครอน — the ferryman of Hades
• Turkish: Kharoon — the ferryman of Hades
• Ukrainian: Харо́н (Xarón) — the ferryman of Hades
• Arabic: شَارُون (šarūn) — a moon of Pluto
• Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni) — a moon of Pluto
• Chinese Mandarin: 冥衛一 /冥卫一 (Míngwèiyī) — a moon of Pluto
• Czech: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Danish: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Dutch: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Finnish: Kharon — a moon of Pluto
• French: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Galician: Caronte — a moon of Pluto
• German: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Greek: Χάρων (Cháron) — a moon of Pluto
• Greek: Χάροντας (Chárontas) — a moon of Pluto
• Greenlandic: Charoni — a moon of Pluto
• Hungarian: Kharón — a moon of Pluto
• Italian: Caronte — a moon of Pluto
• Japanese: カロン (Karon) — a moon of Pluto
• Japanese: シャロン — a moon of Pluto
• Korean: 카론 (Karon) — a moon of Pluto
• Macedonian: Харон (Haron) — a moon of Pluto
• Māori: kūwata — a moon of Pluto
• Marathi: केरन (keran) — a moon of Pluto
• Polish: Charon — a moon of Pluto
• Portuguese: Caronte — a moon of Pluto
• Russian: Харо́н (Xarón) — a moon of Pluto
• Serbo-Croatian: Haron — a moon of Pluto
• Sicilian: Carunti — a moon of Pluto
• Spanish: Caronte — a moon of Pluto
• Swedish: Charon — a moon of Pluto