Glossary
	Terminology unique to the Mars Trilogy, Terran terms for Mars adopted for the trilogy, and Martian geography names. Denotes a link to the Encyclopedia Britannica

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Aerophany

The paradigm shift caused by humans living on Mars. This term is used throughout the trilogy to express the political, cultural and conceptual reality of living on Mars in a uniquely Martian manner (as opposed to Terran) that, in the case of the Reds, evokes a respect for the surface of Mars as it is.

Acheron

The location of Vlad's first genetic research center,

Russell was at Vlad's new headquarters, a research complex built into a dramatic fin ridge in the Acheron Fossae north of Olympus Mons. [RM, p. 240.]

akaba

[Arabic] Steep final slope around a volcano.

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badia

[Arabic] great world dunes.

 

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