Tethys

Meaning

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.
  • A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
  • A moon of Saturn.

Related

Similar words

  • [[Tethys Ocean / Tethys Sea]]
  • [[Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea]]
  • [[Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea]]
  • [[Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea]]
  • [[Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas]]

Narrower meaning words

  • [[Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea]] / [[Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea]]
  • [[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]]
  • [[Prototethys / Prototethys Ocean / Prototethys Sea]] / [[Proto-Tethys / Proto-Tethys Ocean / Proto-Tethys Sea]]
  • [[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]]

Broader meaning words

  • [[Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea]]
  • [[Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas]]

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek Τηθύς.

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