# Tethys
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /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.
** 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106: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.
** 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

* Alpine Tethys
* Eastern Tethys
* Neotethys, Neo-Tethys
* Paleotethys, Paleo-Tethys, Palaeotethys, Palaeo-Tethys
* Paratethys, Para-Tethys
* Prototethys, Proto-Tethys
* Tethyan
* Western Tethys

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Shetty, stythe, tythes

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Tethys, from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

### Pronunciation

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### Proper noun

Tethys m
* (Greek mythology) Tethys (a titan)
* (astronomy) Tethys (a moon of Saturn)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text) :
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| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | Mercher | Gwener | y Ddaear | Mawrth | Ceres | Iau | Sadwrn | Wranws | Neifion | Plwton | Eris |
| Notable moons | — | — | y Lleuad | Phobos Deimos | — | Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto | Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon | Triton | Charon | Dysnomia |