Tethys

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛθɪs/, /ˈtiːθɪs/

Proper noun

Tethys

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
    1. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  3. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Synonyms

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):

Hypernyms

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

Hyponyms

(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tethys, from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tethys m

  1. (Greek mythology) Tethys (a titan)
  2. (astronomy) Tethys (a moon of Saturn)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Tethys
radical soft nasal aspirate
Tethys Dethys Nhethys Thethys

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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
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Boobota
Sagapedia