Tethys
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tethys
- (Greek mythology) 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.
- (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106:
- 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.
- The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
Synonyms
[edit](ocean during the Mesozoic):
- Tethys Ocean / Tethys Sea
- Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea
- Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea
(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):
- (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
- (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas
Hypernyms
[edit](ocean during the Mesozoic):
- (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
- (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas
Hyponyms
[edit](Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):
- (Mesozoic) Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea / Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea
- (Paleozoic) Paleotethys / Paleotethys Ocean / Paleotethys Sea / Paleo-Tethys / Paleo-Tethys Ocean / Paleo-Tethys Sea / Palaeotethys / Palaeotethys Ocean / Palaeotethys Sea / Palaeo-Tethys / Palaeo-Tethys Ocean / Palaeo-Tethys Sea
- (Neoproterozoic) Prototethys / Prototethys Ocean / Prototethys Sea / Proto-Tethys / Proto-Tethys Ocean / Proto-Tethys Sea
(ocean during the Mesozoic):
- Paratethys / Paratethys Ocean / Paratethys Sea / Para-Tethys / Para-Tethys Ocean / Para-Tethys Sea
- Alpine Tethys / Alpine Tethys Ocean / Alpine Tethys Sea
- Western Tethys / Western Tethys Ocean / Western Tethys Sea
- Western Neotethys / Western Neotethys Ocean / Western Neotethys Sea
- Western Neo-Tethys / Western Neo-Tethys Ocean / Western Neo-Tethys Sea
- Eastern Tethys / Eastern Tethys Ocean / Eastern Tethys Sea
- Eastern Neotethys / Eastern Neotethys Ocean / Eastern Neotethys Sea
- Eastern Neo-Tethys / Eastern Neo-Tethys Ocean / Eastern Neo-Tethys Sea
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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moon of Saturn
Anagrams
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Tethys, from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛθɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈteːθɪs/, /ˈtɛθɪs/
Proper noun
[edit]Tethys m
See also
[edit]| Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | yr Haul | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercher | Gwener | y Ddaear | Mawrth | Ceres | Iau | Sadwrn | Wranws | Neifion | Plwton | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | y Lleuad | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia | |||||||
Mutation
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