Oceanus Procellarum

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Oceanus Procellarum (literally “Ocean of Storms”). 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. === Proper noun === Oceanus Procellarum m (planetology) The Ocean of Storms: a basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System; The largest mare region on the Moon. ==== Synonyms ==== Mare Procellarum ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Oceanus Procellarum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Proper noun === Ōceanus Procellārum m sg (genitive Ōceanī Procellārum); second declension alternative form of Ōceanus procellārum