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What is the Sun named after?

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As with any word, other languages have different names for the sun. For instance, in French, the term is "soleil," and in Italian, it is "sole." Many of today's languages including Spanish, Swedish and Portuguese use the Latin term "sol" for the sun. read more

All of the planets except Uranus and Earth were named after Roman Gods or Goddesses. Uranus is Greek and his Roman equivalent was Caelus (KEYE-loos). read more

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