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Dutch is a European language, spoken in the Netherlands.
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Names for the planets of the solar system in historical, indigenous, or other languages.

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Exoplanets are planets of other stars than then Sun.

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== Appearance and Visibility ==
Mercury is a planet of our solar system and observable with the naked eye. It is bright, but only visible in twilight, close to the Sun, and therefore difficult to be seen.

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In most cultures, there is one main term for the Moon. In this entry, we explain the ritual/ religious and other meanings, including the imagined figures in the spots of the lunar surface and lunar eclipses.

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File:Taurus tablet grid 800dpi draw.jpg|Mesopotamian "Man on the Moon" on clay tablet VAT 7851, drawing by Susanne M Hoffmann (CC BY 4.0, 2025).
File:JadeHase smh2024.jpeg|The Jade Rabbit (玉兔 Yùtù) who makes the elixir of Life on the Moon (China).
File:MondKroete HK2024.jpeg|The Moon Toad, 金蟾 (Jin Chan).
File:MoonCrab HK2024.jpeg|The Moon Crab (China)
File:ChangE HK2024.jpeg|Chang'e (嫦娥 ''Cháng'é''), the immortal lady who flew to the Moon (China).
File:WuGang moonLumberjack.jpeg|Wu Gang (吳剛, ''Wú Gāng''), The immortal Lumberjack on the Moon (China).
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Category:Sun

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The Sun is visible in daylight on Earth.

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Category:Sun

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The Sun is visible in daylight on Earth.

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The Sámi are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The region of Sápmi was formerly known as Lapland.

More information on [[wikipedia:Sámi_languages|Sámi language in the wikipedia]].

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Tishtar (تیشتر)

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Tishtar (تیشتر), TRANSLATION, is the Persian name for [[Sirius]] in the constellation of [[Canis Major]].

==Etymology and History==

''Tištrya-'', m., was an Ancient Zoroastrian astral deity associated with rain and water. This good is the protagonist of the myth of the liberation of the watrs, to which the 8th ''Yašt'' 8 of the ''Avesta'', named also ''Tištar Yašt'', is dedicated. This god appears as a man, a horse, and a bull over 30 nights probably starting with the period of his heliacal rising. This star Sirius was linked to the return of springs and opposed by the planet Mercury (''Tīr'') and the shooting stars in later Pahlavi sources. Sometimes ''Tištar'' and ''Tīr'' are associated and confused In the later Mazdean literature.

=== Deity ===
'''TIŠTRYA''' (Pahl. Tištar, NPers. Teštar), an important Old Iranian astral divine being (''yazata-''), to whom the eighth hymn (''Tištar Yašt'') of the Later Avestan corpus was dedicated (Panaino, 1990)<ref name=":1">A. Panaino, ''Tištrya''. Part. I. ''The Avestan Hymn to Sirius'', Rome, 1990; ''Tištrya''. Part. II. ''The Iranian Myth of the Sirius'', Rome, 1995.</ref>.<blockquote>Tištrya should be identified with the most brilliant star visible in the firmament, Sirius (''alpha Canis Maioris''), although different opinions have been expressed in the past on this point (for the state of the question, see Panaino, 1995,<ref name=":1" /> pp. 1-14). This identification is confirmed by Plutarch (''De Iside et Osiride'' 47; cf. ''Yt.'' 8.44). It is also very probable that Vedic Tiṣya (RV V.54.13; X.64.8) corresponds to Av. Tištrya, according to the etymological explanation proposed by Forssman (1968)<ref name=":0">B. Forssman, “Apaoša der Gegner des Tištrya,” ''KZ'' 82, 1968, pp. 37-61.</ref>, which puts the star Sirius in a direct and clear relationship with the three stars of Orion’s Belt (''delta'', ''epsilon'', ''zetaOrionis'') by its name as well as by observation and by the account of a few mythological passages in Vedic literature. In these, the asterism of Orion’s Belt was represented as an arrow called ''iṣus trikāṇdā'', shot by Tiṣya (or Rudra) towards Prajāpati in order to punish him because of a sexual sin committed against his daughter, who appeared in the body of a “female gazelle” (''rohít-''); for the Indian passages concerning this astral myth see Forssman (1968, pp. 58-59)<ref name=":0" />. Thus Sirius would have been named as “the one who belongs to the three stars”: IE. *''tri-str-o-m'' “group of three stars”; then IE. *''tri-str-iḭo-s'' by dissimilation > IIr. *''ti-str-iḭa-'' > Av. ''tištriia-''. Ved. ''Ti-ṣyà-'', for his part, would derive from *''ti-šr-íḭa-'' < *''ti-str-iḭa-'' by a secondary dissimilation of -t- by analogy with *''púṣiya-'', masc. “he who makes prosper.” (''Púṣya-'' is the name of the sixth or eighth ''nákṣatra-'' “lunar station,” with which Tiṣya will be later associated.) Forssman (1968, p. 56)<ref name=":0" /> would identify *''púṣiya'' with the second part of the name of the Av. demon ''a-paoša-'' [see APŌŠ], the direct antagonist of Tištrya. But we can consider an alternative, in which Ved. ''tiṣya-'' comes directly from IIr. *''ti-str-iḭa-'', through the simplification of the cluster ''-str-'' to ''-ṣ-'' (Panaino, 1995,<ref name=":1" /> pp. 31-33; Forssman, 1968, p. 56, n. 92)<ref name=":0" />. The linguistic correspondence with Greek Seírios has been assumed by Fischer <ref>H. Fischer, “Griechisch ''Seírios'',” ''MSS'' 26, 1969, pp. 19-26.</ref>(1969), but it remains questioned (Panaino, 1995<ref name=":1" />, p. 35).</blockquote><blockquote>The symbolic link with the astral theme of the heavenly “arrow” is strongly present in various Oriental uranographies, particularly with respect to the star Sirius, which in India was shot by the archers Tiásya or Rudra, but which in Iran corresponds to Tištrya himself. In fact, according to ''Yt.'' 8.6-7 and 37-38, Tištrya flies in the sky as the arrow shot by the most valiant archer of the Aryans, i.e., the hero Ǝrəxša (Kellens 1977)<ref>J. Kellens, “Vibration and Twinkling,” ''Journal of Indo-European Studies'' 5, 1977, pp. 197-200.</ref>. This image was already present in the Mesopotamian celestial lore, where Sirius was named [[KAK.SI.SA2|KAK-SI-SÁ]] “arrow” in Sumerian and ''šiltaḫu'' or ''šukūdu'' “arrow” in Akkadian (Götze, 1923<ref>A. Götze, “Tištrya, Tīr, Tiṣya, ''Seírios'',” ''KZ'' 51, 1923, pp. 146-53.
</ref>; Gnoli,<ref>Gh. Gnoli, “La stella Sirio e l’influenza dell’astrologia caldea nell’Iran antico,” ''Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni'' 34/2, 1963, pp. 237-48.</ref> 1963; Panaino, 1995,<ref name=":1" /> pp. 28-32, 47-59). We may notice that also in later Egypt Sirius (Sōthis) was the target of the arrow shot by Sathis, while in China, the celestial Emperor shot an arrow against the sky jackal, i.e., Sirius (Tīan láng). It is worthwhile to recall that in later times Tištar and the planet Tīr (which is sometimes by folk etymology erroneously associated with the meaning “arrow” of Mid. Pers. ''tīr'', which actually derives from OIr. *''tigra-/i-'') became direct antagonists, but a strange and complex relation actually existed between them. Already in Mesopotamian texts the Sumerian name of Sirius (KAK-SI-SÁ) was sometimes used also for that of the planet Mercury. In addition, the god of the planet Mercury, Tīriya in western Iran, a protector of the scribes, as in the parallel cases of Thoth-Mercury in Egypt and Nabû-Mercury in Babylon (Panaino, 1995<ref name=":1" />, pp. 62-85), probably was associated with Tištrya, but after the (later) demonization of the planets he became a demon (see tir). Relics of the original positive role of Tīriya can be seen in the Pahlavi tradition which assumes that Tištar and Tīr were the same being (''Ir''. ''Bd''. V, B, 12), while the same source contrariwise states that Tīr should correspond to Apōš; the later and modern well known custom, still extant among Zoroastrians, to call ''Tīr Yašt'' the hymn to Tištrya attests to a direct identification of the two names and beings.</blockquote><blockquote>Tištrya is the Iranian protagonist of the myth of the liberation of the waters, which, at least to a certain extent, could be structurally and functionally compared with that of Vedic Indra Vṛtrahā´n; the parallel passages in ''Yt.'' 8.56-61 and 14.48-53 (''Wahrām Yašt'') have been discussed in this Indo-Iranian framework by Benveniste (1934, pp. 36-37, 177-99)<ref>E. Benveniste and L. Renou, ''Vṛtra et Vṛθraγna. Étude de Mythologie indo-iranienne'', Cahier de la Société Asiatique, Paris 1934.</ref> and Panaino (1995,<ref name=":1" /> pp. 36-45); but see also Kellens (2001, pp. 478-79)<ref>Kellens 2001. “Les saisons des rivières,” in ''Kontinuität und Bruche in der Religionsgeschichte.Festschrift für Anders Hultgård zu seinem 65. Geburtstag am 23. 12 2001'', ed. M. Stausberg et al., Berlin and New York, 2001, pp. 471-80.</ref> for a fresh analysis of the problems involved.</blockquote><blockquote>The Avestan hymn to Tištrya contains two different mythical events, one concerning Tištrya’s fight with Apaoša and the latter with the Pairikās, which probably correspond to shooting stars. The first myth (stanzas 13-34) describes the combat of the ''yazata'' against Apaoša for the possess and liberation of the waters contained in the (cosmic) ocean Vourukaṧa. The two champions appear in the body of a horse, but while Tištrya is a beautiful white stallion (''auruša-''), his antagonist is a black (''sāma-''), glabrous, and horrible horse. It is possible—but the passage is unclear (see ''Yt''. 8.8)—that also the Vouru.kaṧa assumes the form of a mare, for whose possession the two male horses come to fight. Before the combat Tištrya assumes three diferent _avatara_s, taking ten days for each; he successively changes the form of his body into a fifteen-year-old man, a bull with golden horns, and finally a splendid white horse. These three transformations (which correspond to three of Vərəθrγna’s _avatara_s) probably should astronomically cover the period beginning with the heliacal rising of the star Sirius in July and lasting till the first appearance of the meteor showers between August and September (Panaino, 1995<ref name=":1" />, pp. 15-24).</blockquote><blockquote>In the body of a white horse Tištrya attacks Apaoša, but after three days and nights he is defeated, because the ''yazata'' was not sufficiently worshipped by the Aryans (see ''Yt.'' 8.24). Only after a kind of potential or incrementing ''yasna-'' offered by Ahura Mazdā himself in favor of his champion (''Yt''. 8.25) can Tištrya move again against Apaoša, and at midday he defeats him who runs away; thus the waters of the Vouru.kaṧa are free and can be distributed among the seven _karšvar_s by Tištrya with the help of Satavāesa (''Yt.'' 8.32). The entire story probably offered a sufficient indeterminateness in the timing of the autumnal rains on the Iranian lands; this in fact explains why the month dedicated to Tištar (i.e., the fourth of the Zoroastrian calendar; see CALENDAR) did not correpond to the actual month of the true liberation of the waters and of the rains. The day dedicated to Tištar is the 13th of the month; also in the Sogdian calendar ''tyš'' [tīš] was the name of the same day (Henning, 1939<ref>W. B. Henning, “Zum soghdischen Kaender,” ''Orientalia'', 1939, pp. 87-95; repr., idem, ''Selected Papers'' [''SP''], Tehran and Liège, 1977, I, pp. 629-37.</ref>, p. 95; 1945, p. 149, line 19 = ''SP'' II, p. 208), known also from al-Bīrūnī and Mount Mugh documents, while in the Parthian calendar it was ''tyry'', and in the Choresmian ''tyry'' (Tok-kala) or ''jyry'' (al-Bīrūnī).</blockquote><blockquote>According to the ''Tištar Yašt'', other constellations and single stars, in particular Satavāesa, probably Fomalhaut (''AlphaPiscis Austrini''), collaborate with Tištrya. In the same hymn (st. 12), the Tištryāeinī stars also are mentioned; astronomically they seem to correspond to the constellation ''Canis Minor'', but it is probable that they were also the “wives of Tištrya” (Klingenschmitt, 2000, p. 225)<ref>G. Klingenschmitt, “Mittelpersisch,” in ''Indoarisch, Iranisch und die Indogermanistik. Arbeitstagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft vom 2. bis 5. Oktober 1997 in Erlangen'', ed. B. Forssman und R. Plath, Wiesbaden, 2000, pp. 190-229.</ref>.</blockquote><blockquote>The second myth concerns the fight of Tištrya with the Pairikās, led by a demoness called Pairikā Dužyāiryā “The Bad year Witch” (see DUŽYĀIRYĀ); these demonesses, with the support of the Yātus (whose astral role is unknown), were assumed (''Yt.'' 8.8) to be ''stārō kərəmå'' “worm stars” (but, perhaps, it is a compound ''stārō.kərəmā-'' “having starred worms” or “belonging to the star-worm showers” (problems and other solutions have been discussed by Scherer, 1953<ref>A. Scherer, ''Gestirnnamen bei den indogermanischen Völkern'', Heidelberg, 1953.</ref>, p. 24, n. 1). They were expressly flung by Aŋra Manyu (''Yt.'' 8.39) with the purpose of bringing chaos into the (apparently) regular movement of the (fixed) stars, which in fact were strictly connected with the falling of the rains and with the return of the waters. Tištrya and the other stars were also named ''afšciθra-'', generally translated as “having the seed/origin” of the waters (or of the rains), but possibly meaning “having the brilliance of the waters/rains” (Panaino, 1990<ref name=":1" />, pp. 92-93; cf. Cantera, 1997)<ref>A. Cantera, rev. of Panaino, 1995, in ''OLZ'' 92/1, 1997, cols. 97-103.</ref>. Tištrya (like Miθra) can get in and out of the human time, as shown by Kellens (2003<ref>J. Kellens, “L’Iran mazdéen: le temps créé et mesuré,” in ''Representations du temps dans les religions. Actes du Colloque organisé par le Centre d’Histoire des Religions de l’Université de Liège'', ed. V. Pirenne-Delforge and Ö. Tunca, Genève, 2003, pp. 235-41.</ref>; Panaino, 2003<ref>A. Panaino. “Short Remarks about Ohrmazd between Limited and Unlimited Time,” in ''Iranica Selecta. Studies in honour of Prof. W. Skalmowski on the occasion of his seventieth birthday'', ed. A. van Tongerloo, Turnhout, 2003, pp. 195-200.</ref>).</blockquote><blockquote>In the Pahlavi texts Tištar was still worshipped; he was mentioned in various Pahlavi passages, in particular in the astronomical and astrological chapters of the ''Bundahišn'' (chaps. II and V; see Henning, 1942<ref>W.B. Henning. “An Astronomical Chapter of the Bundahishn,” ''JRAS'', 1942, pp. 229-48; repr., ''SP'' II, pp. 95-114.</ref>; MacKenzie, 1956;<ref>D. N. MacKenzie, “Zoroastrian Astrology in the ''Bundahišn'',” ''BSOAS'', 27, 1964, pp. 511-29.</ref> Raffaelli, 2001), where he plays the role of direct antagonist of the planet Tīr and the leader of the fixed stars of the Eastern quarter (''Tištar xwarāsān spāhbed''), but under the general command of the Pole Star. Also important is the account about the cycle of Tištar as summarized in the ''Anthology of Zādsparam'' 3.7-17. The ''Dādestān'' ''ī Dēnīg'' 92, gives an additional description of the liberation of the waters and rains (Gignoux, 1988)<ref>Ph. Gignoux, “Le mécanisme de la pluie entre le mythe et l’expérimentation (''Dādestān'' ''ī Dēnīg'' 92),” ''Iranica Antiqua'' 23, 1988, pp. 385-92.</ref>. Various collaborators of Tištar (''hamkārān'') are listed in these sources (Panaino, 1995,<ref name=":1" /> pp. 87-94), but very remarkable is the presence of the ''xar-ī se pāy'' “the three-legged ass,” probably a kind of Iranian unicorn (Panaino, 2001)<ref>A. Panaino, “Between Mesopotamia and India. Some Remarks about the Unicorn Cycle in Iran,” in ''Melammu Symposia II''. ''Mythology and Mythologies. Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences. Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium ofthe Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project Held in Paris, France, October 4-7, 1999'', ed. R. M. Whiting, Helsinki, 2001, pp. 149-179.</ref>. Tištar, according to the ''Šāyest nē šāyest'' 22.3, is the protector of travelers (Kotwal, 1969, p. 91)<ref>F. Kotwal, ''The Supplementary Texts to the Šāyest nē-šāyest'', København, 1969.</ref>. A probable iconography of Tištrya (in Sogdian Tiš) has been recently identified by Grenet (apud Marshak. 2001:<ref>B. I. Marshak, “La thématique sogdienne dans l’art de la Chine de la seconde moitié du VIe siècle,” ''Comptes rendus des séances de l’année 2001 (Janvier-Mars) de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'', 2001, pp. 229-264.</ref> 238) in some Sogdian paintings (Grenet and Lee, 1988<ref>Fr. Grenet and J. Lee, “New Light on the Sasanid Painting at Ghulbiyan, Faryab Province, Afghanistan,” ''South Asian Studies'' 14, 1998, pp. 75-85.</ref>; Grenet and Marshak, 1998<ref>F. Grenet and B. I. Marshak, “Le mythe de Nana dans l’art de la Sogdiane,” ''Arts asiatiques'' 53, 1998, pp. 5-20.</ref>) or on the ossuary from Kaška-darya (Grent and Pinaul, 1997<ref>F. Grenet and G.-J. Pinault, “Contacts des traditions astrologiques de l’Inde et de l’Iran d’après une peinture des collection de Turfan,” ''Comptes rendus des séances de l’année 2001 (Janvier-Mars) de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'', 2001, pp. 1003-63.</ref>, p. 1059).</blockquote>

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The Mursi (or Mun as they refer to themselves) are a Surmic ethnic group in Ethiopia.
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Category:Moqoit

2026-05-31T02:17:19Z

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The Mocoví (Mocoví: moqoit) are an Indigenous people of the Gran Chaco region of South America.
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Category:Mongolia

2026-05-31T02:15:55Z

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Mongolia is a landlocked country in the East Asia region.
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Mazaalai

2026-05-31T02:15:29Z

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Mazalaai is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Mongolian. It is the name of the star HAT-P-21 in constellation UMa.

==Etymology and History==

Mazaalai is the Mongolian name for the endangered Gobi bear subspecies (Ursus arctos gobiensis) of the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia, and the name of the first Mongolian satellite.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2020/02/24.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds

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Orkaria

2026-05-30T13:26:50Z

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Orkaria is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Maa. It is the name of GJ 1214 in constellation Oph.

==Etymology and History==

Orkaria refers to the red ochre commonly donned by young Maa warriors during cultural ceremonies and alludes to the colour of GJ 1214.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2023/08/01.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* NEWC Kenya: Terms describing aspects of the celestial body from the language of the Maa community, including the Maasai, Samburu, Ngasa and Il-Chamus, native to Kenya and Tanzania.

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Category:Maa

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The Maa languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages (or from a linguistic perspective, dialects, as they appear to be mutually intelligible) spoken in parts of Kenya and Tanzania by more than a million speakers. They are subdivided into North and South Maa. The Maa languages are related to the Lotuko languages spoken in South Sudan.
[[Category:East Africa]]

Category:Mauritius

2026-05-30T13:24:30Z

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Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 1,100 nautical miles off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.
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Category:Malay

2026-05-30T13:23:31Z

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Malay is an Austronesian language native to several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on mainland Asia. The language is an official language of Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, where the standardised variety is known as Indonesian; Indonesian is also one of the working languages of Timor-Leste.
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Category:Makhuwa

2026-05-30T13:22:08Z

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Makhuwa (Emakhuwa; also spelled Makua and Macua) or Mozambican is the primary Bantu language of northern Mozambique.
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Category:Lebanon

2026-05-30T13:21:01Z

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Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.
[[Category:West Asian]]

Category:Kalimantan

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Kalimantan is one of the biggest islands in Indonesia.
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Category:Jordan

2026-05-30T13:19:36Z

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Jordan is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
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Wadirum

2026-05-30T13:19:27Z

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Wadirum is an IAU name for an exoplanet. Its host star is [[Petra]] in the constellation of [[Aquila]]. Suggested by the country of Jordania, it follows the name theme Names associated with the ancient city of Petra and the Wadi Rum Protected Area UNESCO World Heritage Sites in southern Jordan.
==Etymology and History==
Wadi Rum (Valley of the Moon) is located at the far south of Jordan, it is the largest valley in Jordan, set on the high plateau at the western edge of the Arabian Desert.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN in the 20xx NameExoWorlds Campaign (NEWC).

== Weblinks ==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

== Reference ==
* [[References|References (general)]]

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Category:Israel

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Israel is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
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Category:Iraq

2026-05-30T13:18:00Z

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Iraq is a country in West Asia.
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Category:Iran

2026-05-30T13:17:18Z

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Iran historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia.
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Category:Hyi

2026-05-30T13:16:32Z

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Hyi is abbreviation for 88 IAU constellation [[Hydrus]] or Hydri.
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Category:Hindi

2026-05-30T13:14:36Z

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Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the government of India, and is the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India.
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Diya

2026-05-30T13:13:36Z

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Diya is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Hindi. It is the name of WASP-72 (CD-30 1019) in constellation For.

==Etymology and History==

Diya is an oil lamp that is brought by Indian ancestors to Mauritius in the 1820's, and is used for lighting during special occasions, including the light festival of Diwali.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds

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Gakyid

2026-05-30T13:13:18Z

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Gakyid is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Dzongkha. It is the name of HIP 42446 (HD 73534) in constellation Cnc.

==Etymology and History==

Gakyid means happiness. Gross National Happiness is the development philosophy conceived and followed in Bhutan and is one of Bhutan's contributions to the world.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds

[[Category:Asterism]][[Category:Star Name]][[Category:IAU-Star Name]] [[Category:Cnc]] [[Category:Dzongkha]] [[Category:Bhutan]] [[Category:East Asian]] [[Category:Asian]]

Category:Dzongkha

2026-05-30T13:12:50Z

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Dzongkha also known by its exonym Bhutanese, is a Tibeto-Burman language in the Tibetan language family that is primarily spoken by the Bhutanese people.
[[Category:Bhutan]]

Category:Dzongkha

2026-05-30T13:11:54Z

YoulaAzkarrula: Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dzongkha (Language)}} Dzongkha also known by its exonym Bhutanese, is a Tibeto-Burman language in the Tibetan language family that is primarily spoken by the Bhutanese people. Category:East Asian"