The story
- Pawnee · derived fromatira“voc. 'Mother', 'our mother'”
- Pawnee · derived fromAtira
- English todayAtira asteroid
Named after the first asteroid discovered in this class, 163693 Atira, named after the Pawnee goddess of the Earth, Atira, from Pawnee Atira, from Pawnee atira (“voc. 'Mother', 'our mother'”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.