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Meaning of Tethys | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈtɛθɪs/

Definitions

  1. 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.
    Greek
  2. A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
  3. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  4. A moon of Saturn.

Equivalents

Deutsch Thetys
Ελληνικά Τηθύς
Español Tetis
Français Téthys
Italiano Teti
日本語 テーテュース
한국어 테튀스 테티스
Português Tétis

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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

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