Inferno
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| '''Inferno''' is the Italian term for [[Hell]], also used in English for a [[conflagration|large uncontrolled fire]]. | '''Inferno''' is the Italian term for [[Hell]], also used in English for a [[conflagration|large uncontrolled fire]]. | ||
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Inferno is the Italian term for Hell, also used in English for a large uncontrolled fire.
It may also refer to:
- The first part of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, see Dante's Inferno
- Inferno (Strindberg), an 1897 novel by August Strindberg
- L'Inferno (film) (1911), the first feature-length Italian film
- Towering Inferno , a 1974 American action drama disaster film
- Scherzo infernal, 1984, a short animated French film by Walerian Borowczyk
- Inferno (1980 film), Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento
- Dante's Inferno (video game), an upcoming video game to be published by Electronic Arts
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Etymology
From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.
The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.
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See also
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