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Iapetus

Noun CEFR B1
aɪˈæpɪtəs

Definitions

  1. A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
  2. A moon in Saturnian system, Solar System: The third largest moon of Saturn
  3. A former ocean between former continent of Laurentia (North America) and former continent of Baltica (Europe): An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago.

Equivalents

EspañolJápeto
FrançaisJapet
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Examples

“So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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