Earth

@Kuttu_007 (1940)
India
October 17, 2019 1:19am CST
Do you know that all the planets in our solar system are named after a Greek God or any Mythology characters.. Except Earth..it is the only planet not named after a God.
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Oct 19
That is interesting!
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Kuttu
@Kuttu_007 (1940)
• India
17 Oct 19
Thank you
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Christina Ladanger
@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
17 Oct 19
Never knew that. How did you find that out?
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Kuttu
@Kuttu_007 (1940)
• India
17 Oct 19
It's seminar week in our college...one of my friends said this fact
Jane marie Sayed
@janemarie (33)
• United Kingdom
17 Oct 19
The word Geo is a Greek word that means Earth. I think, with a little play on the pronunciation of words, over the years it is similar to Gaia. She was the Greek earth Goddess and then in the ancient Egyptian Gods, we have the Earth God, Geb. The words are all very similar. So in a sense, Earth is a Gods name, coming from a variation of the word Geo and it's translation. Thanks for making me look that up.
Kuttu
@Kuttu_007 (1940)
• India
17 Oct 19
Well, how does the word Gaia - Geb - Geo - Earth are similar... Clearly the word Earth is not given to any of the Greek or Egyptian Gods. "Earth" is derived from both English and German words, 'eor(th)e/ertha' and 'erde', which mean ground.
Jojo
@Sojourn (13837)
• India
17 Oct 19
Yes, I noticed that. Earth is not divine!
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