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What Did Martians Call Mars?


I've been going through the first season episodes. Just wondering, does Uncle Martin ever say what Martians actually call their planet?

He refers to it as Mars and he is happy to allow Tim to call him a Martian. But really, why would a civilization on Mars call itself what humans call it?

Mars is the Roman god of war. That's a name we gave it. It would have no relevance to people on Mars.

Just like in English, we say Germany. But Germans call their country Deutschland.

Just wondering if Uncle Martin ever said something like, "Well actually we call our planet Exbythfyblnoth. You humans call it Mars!"

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