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====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Gigalith's name may have been derived from ''{{wp|Gigas}}'', a term used to describe a race of chthonic (Earth-associated) {{wp|Giants (Greek mythology)|giants}} in Greek mythology, and ''{{wp|monolith}}''. It could also be derived from {{wp|Goliath}}, or a combination of ''giga'', meaning billion, and ''lithos'', meaning stone. | Gigalith's name may have been derived from ''{{wp|Gigas}}'', a term used to describe a race of chthonic (Earth-associated) {{wp|Giants (Greek mythology)|giants}} in Greek mythology, and ''{{wp|monolith}}''. It could also be derived from {{wp|Goliath}}, or a combination of ''giga'', meaning billion, and ''lithos'', meaning stone. | ||
Gigaiath is probably based on ''giga'', ''{{wp|Gaia (mythology)|Gaia}}'', the {{wp|Greek (mythology)|Greek goddess}} personifying the {{wp|Earth}}, and ''monolith''. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||