Is earth also called gaia ?

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Raymond say: Yes. It is Earth's name in Greek (and the Greek astronomers from over 2000 years ago called it that).
The word has different forms, depending of its role in a sentence. One of the forms is Gé (or Gee) with a soft "g".
logos = knowledge, understanding.

The understanding of Earth = geology
The measuring of Earth = geometry
The drawing of Earth = geography
and so on.

For objects in orbit around Earth, the point of the orbit closes to Earth is
perigee (close to Gaia)
the furthest point is the apogee (apo = far)

When people thought Earth was the centre of the universe, the system of planets was called "geocentric" (centred on Gaia).

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When exiled Greek soldiers founded the city of Rome, they borrowed the Latin's local gods, but gave them properties of the Greek gods. Thus Terra was given the properties of Gaia. That is why we also have words with the prefix "terr" like
terrestrial (and extra-terrestrial, of course).

The English word "Earth" comes from an old Nordic word "erde" which meant "home; the place where we grow food".
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say: Yes. The Earth is a goddess and alive as you and I. Why we should not drill, or kill any trees and send good vibrations, for the Earth will judge us as only a harsh mother can..
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CarolOklaNola say: Yes, It is. Do a google search on the Gaia hypothesis. Earth is also called Mother Nature.
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oikoσ say: Yes. Also Terra.
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