The best-studied strike-slip fault is the San Andreas Fault in California. It is located at the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates and runs roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through Northern and Southern California.
Greek Meaning: The name Adonis is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Adonis is: Handsome; a lord. Greek mythology; a youth beloved of Aphrodite.American Meaning: The name Adonis is an American baby name.In American the meaning of the name Adonis is: Handsome; a lord.n Greek the meaning of the name Adonis is: Handsome; a lord. Greek mythology; a youth beloved of Aphrodite. American Meaning: The name Adonis is an American baby name.
Aphrodite and Adonis, Attic red-figure aryballos-shaped lekythos by Aison, ca. 410 BC, Louvre. Adonis (/ÉËdÉnÉªs, ÉËdoÊnÉªs/ ; Greek: á¼Î´ÏÎ½Î¹Ï), in Greek mythology, is a central figure in various mystery religions.he most widely accepted version is recounted in Ovid 's Metamorphoses, where Adonis is the son of Myrrha and her father Cinyras. Myrrha turned into a myrrh tree and Lucina helped the tree to give birth to Adonis.