"Sea of Tranquility" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Latin Mare Tranquilitatis (“spelled with one-"L"”), from Latin mare (“sea”)+tranquilitatis (“tranquility”). 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|Mare Tranquilitatis|gloss=spelled with one-"L"}} Calque of Latin Mare Tranquilitatis (“spelled with one-"L"”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{l|en|sea}} sea, {{m|la|mare|gloss=sea}} mare (“sea”), {{l|en|tranquility}} tranquility, {{m|la|tranquilitatis|gloss=tranquility}} tranquilitatis (“tranquility”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|head=Sea of Tranquility}} Sea of Tranquility
  1. (planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System; location of the first manned moon landing, in 1969. Wikipedia link: en:Almagestum novum, en:Francesco Maria Grimaldi, en:Giovanni Battista Riccioli, en:Sea of Tranquility (disambiguation) Categories (topical): Moon, Planetary nomenclature Categories (place): Lakes Synonyms: Mare Tranquillitatis, Sea of Tranquillity Derived forms: Tranquility Base Translations (Translations): Rauhallisuuden meri (Finnish), Mer de la Tranquillité (French), Meer der Ruhe (German), Mare della Tranquillità (Italian), Mare Tranquillitātis (Latin), Mar da Tranquilidade [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Sea_of_Tranquility-en-name-g19FgEIq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology

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