From: DragonFun@aol.com
Subject: Names of Mars
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 23:48:32 GMT
>From page 166 of Carl Sagan's *Broca's Brain*, here are names of Mars in various languages: Al Qahira Egyptian, Arabic Ares Greek Auqakuh Quechua (Inca) Huo Hsing Chinese Ma'adim Hebrew Mangala Sanscrit Nirgal Babylonian Kasei Japanese Shalbatana Akkadian Simud Sumerian Tiu Old English The Japanese Kanji (Chinese characters) for Mars are ka, which means fire, and sei, which means star. So Kasei means fire star. There may be similar constructions in other languages. May dragons of good fortune dance on your keyboard. Bob Albrecht DragonFun@aol.com