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Oceanus en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /oʊˈsiːənəs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.

Meanings

1. (Greek) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.

Forms

Translations (24)

ja オーケアノス (personification of the ocean) · ka ოკეანოსი (personification of the ocean) · sh Окѐа̄н (personification of the ocean) · pt Oceano (personification of the ocean) · grc Ὠκεανός (personification of the ocean) · mk Океан (personification of the ocean) · pl Okeanos (personification of the ocean) · la Ōceanus (personification of the ocean) · bg Океан (personification of the ocean) · ru Океа́н (personification of the ocean) · fi Okeanos (personification of the ocean) · eo Oceano (personification of the ocean) · hy Օվկիանոս (personification of the ocean) · de Okeanos (personification of the ocean) · sk Ókeanos (personification of the ocean) · el Ωκεανός (personification of the ocean) · ko 오케아노스 (personification of the ocean) · es Océano (personification of the ocean) · cs Ókeanos (personification of the ocean) · gl Océano (personification of the ocean) · sh Okèān (personification of the ocean) · scn Ucìanu (personification of the ocean) · fr Océan (personification of the ocean) · it Oceano (personification of the ocean)