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Question by Nancy M
Submitted on 9/27/2003
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I was recently asked, "Why is the earth not capitalized?" My answer: "It is not a name of a person. The other major planets are named after Greek/Roman gods. I found that although earth was named after the Greek goddess, Gaea, its title still remains simply "earth". My question: "Why do we not call earth Gaea, as we call all the other planets by their Greek/Roman names?"

Answer by Barbara Hawkins
Submitted on 1/31/2004
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Earth is named after the Old English word eorthe, meaning "ground". Gaea is the goddess of the earth, who bore and married Uranus and became the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.

Answer by A Biblical Point of view
Submitted on 3/19/2004
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A few comments on the Answer from Barbara. Note. 1. Hebrew Word for eARTh is ARTs 2. Danish Word for WorLd is J-ord 3. G-round is round as is WORDS in ATBASh Cipher 4. G'aea aka G'aia mother of CYCL-opes (CYCLes) Word = World = eARTh = ART Thus the story of BABEL and how Gods confused the language of all men. But only confused, they did not take it away. ;-)

Answer by Yalin
Submitted on 9/14/2004
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Earth is capitalized All the planets and other heavenly bodies that we know about are capitalized e.g Mars, Earth, Venus, Neptune, the Sun, the Moon.

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