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Ocean of Storms

Ocean of Storms proper noun: a basin on the near side of the Moon.

Proper noun

the Ocean of Storms

  1. A basin on the near side of the Moon.
    Synonyms:
    Sea of Storms

Ocean of Storms meaning in Tamil

Ocean of Storms in Tamil

புயற்பேராழி

Synonyms of Ocean of Storms

Origin of Ocean of Storms

Calque of Latin Oceanus Procellarum (literally “Ocean of Storms”), from Latin oceanus (“ocean”) + procella (“storm”). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum Novum.

Questions about Ocean of Storms

What does Ocean of Storms mean?
Ocean of Storms means a basin on the near side of the Moon.
What is Ocean of Storms in Tamil?
Ocean of Storms in Tamil is புயற்பேராழி. See Ocean of Storms meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ocean of Storms?
Ocean of Storms is a proper noun.

Words near Ocean of Storms in the dictionary

  1. Ocean Grove
  2. Ocean Island
  3. ocean liner
  4. ocean liners
  5. ocean lore
  6. Ocean of Storms
  7. Ocean Park
  8. ocean perch
  9. ocean perches
  10. ocean planet
  11. ocean planets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ocean of Storms (page history and authors); ocean of storms (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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