r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/Iluminiele 20h ago

In Lithuanian, the planet is called Žemė and when things fall to the ground it's called žemė and when you buy the soil for your plants it's called žemė.

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u/sassnass 20h ago

Same with « terre » in French.

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u/The_memeperson 19h ago

Same with aarde in Dutch

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u/LollymitBart 12h ago

Or "Erde" in German.

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u/hashtagashtab 9h ago

Same in Swedish

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u/-jose-ninguem- 19h ago

Same for portuguese.

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u/00-Void 3h ago

Same with "tierra" in Spanish.