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From our dictionary: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.