WordNet
n. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, nether region, the pit] [ant: Heaven]
(religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died" [syn: Hel, Hell, Hades, netherworld, Scheol, underworld]
Usage examples of "infernal region".
He landed near the station of the three Judges, and there they were, dispensing the justice of the infernal region to arriving souls, classifying the difficult cases.
Power, and I knew I lacked the power to bring her from that infernal region.
I was the Magician of Information, not of Power, and I knew I lacked the power to bring her from that infernal region.
But Satan had distracted him in the infernal region, thus having free rein on Earth, and had really made it count.
In the Kalevala the infernal region, or rather the kingdom of the dead, has the appearance of a land darker than other lands, though in it the sun shines and forests grow.