Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ocean of storms

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: ocean of s-torms
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A basin on the near side of the Moon.

Etymology

Calque of Latin Oceanus Procellarum (literally “Ocean of Storms”), from Latin oceanus (“ocean”) + procella (“storm”). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum Novum.

Inflected Forms

the Ocean of Storms (canonical)

Synonyms

Sea of Storms mul:Mare Procellarum mul:Oceanus Procellarum

Questions

What does ocean of storms mean?: A basin on the near side of the Moon.
Where does ocean of storms come from?: Calque of Latin Oceanus Procellarum (literally “Ocean of Storms”), from Latin oceanus (“ocean”) + procella (“storm”). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum Novum.

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