Ziad Shihab

tethys | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name tethys by etymonline

by Ziad Shihab/ March 21st, 2022



Tethys

name for the sea that anciently lay between Eurasia and Africa-Arabia, coined 1893 by German geologist Eduard Suess, from Tethys, name of a Greek sea goddess, sister and consort of Oceanus.

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Definitions of Tethys

Tethys (n.)
(Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus;
Tethys (n.)
type genus of the family Aplysiidae;
Synonyms: Aplysia / genus Aplysia / genus Tethus
From wordnet.princeton.edu