- Ocean Personified
- Oceanus (Roman); Okeanos (Greek)
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Ocean Personified
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ocean — (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. occean (12c., Mod.Fr. océan), from L. oceanus, from Gk. okeanos, the great river or sea surrounding the disk of the Earth (as opposed to the Mediterranean), of unknown origin. Personified as Oceanus, son of Uranus and… … Etymology dictionary
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