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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.
