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Tethys

/ˈtɛθɪs/

Tethys proper noun: personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.

Proper noun

Tethys

  1. (Greek) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
  2. A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
    • Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106
    1. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  3. A moon of Saturn.

Tethys meaning in Tamil

Tethys in Tamil

தெதீஸ்கடல்

Origin of Tethys

Borrowed from Latin Tēthȳs, borrowed from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

Words formed from Tethys

  • Alpine Tethys
  • Eastern Tethys
  • Neotethys
  • Neo-Tethys
  • Paleotethys
  • Paleo-Tethys
  • Palaeotethys
  • Palaeo-Tethys
  • Paratethys
  • Para-Tethys
  • Prototethys
  • Proto-Tethys
  • Tethyan
  • Western Tethys

Questions about Tethys

What does Tethys mean?
Tethys means personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
What is Tethys in Tamil?
Tethys in Tamil is தெதீஸ்கடல். See Tethys meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Tethys?
Tethys is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tethys?
Tethys is pronounced /ˈtɛθɪs/ (UK).

Words near Tethys in the dictionary

  1. Tethyan
  2. tethydan
  3. tethydans
  4. tethyid
  5. tethyids
  6. Tethys
  7. tethysaurine
  8. tethysaurines
  9. Tethysian
  10. tethythere
  11. tethytheres

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