Tethys

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛθɪs/, /ˈtiːθɪs/ === Proper noun === 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. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn. ==== Synonyms ==== (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 ==== (ocean during the Mesozoic): (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas ==== Hyponyms ==== (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Shetty, stythe, tythes == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Tethys, from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛθɨ̞s/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈteːθɪs/, /ˈtɛθɪs/ === Proper noun === Tethys m (Greek mythology) Tethys (a titan) (astronomy) Tethys (a moon of Saturn) === See also === === Mutation ===