English Dictionary

OCEANUS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Overview

OCEANUS (noun)
  The noun OCEANUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythologyplay

  Familiarity information: OCEANUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


OCEANUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Titan ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"God cures and the physician takes the fee." (English proverb)

"The snake moves, erasing its tracks with its tail." (Albanian proverb)

"The smarter you get the fewer words you'd say." (Arabic proverb)

"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact