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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|Sea of Tranquillity}}
===Etymology===
{{calque|en|la|Mare Tranquilitatis|gloss=spelled with one-"L"}}, from {{der|en|la|-}} {{m|la|mare|gloss={{l|en|sea}}}}+{{m|la|tranquilitatis|gloss={{l|en|tranquility}}}}. Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomy {{w|lang=en|Giovanni Battista Riccioli}}, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician {{w|lang=en|Francesco Maria Grimaldi}}, and then published in 1651 in the {{w|lang=en|Almagestum novum}}.<ref> The Face of the Moon, [https://moon.lindahall.org/p7.html 7. Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598-1671).], Linda Hall Library
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===Proper noun===
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* Latin: {{t|la|Mare Tranquillitātis}}
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