I thought that the distinction existed only between Americans (astronauts) and Russians (cosmonauts), but no, Chinese also have their own term. I guess Indians should come up with their own, as well =)

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Taikon = 太空 = space

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In german they’re referred to as Weltallschweine.

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This is the first time I heard that

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It’s cute they still use the same suffix, instead of it being some 20 stroke character that means armoured sky cobbler.

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Apparently India calls them Vyomanauts?

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It’s not in the dictionary yet, but I see some references to it. Cool)

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I do not vibe with this name.

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I thought the same, initially, but the explanation is kind of cool:

The tongue-twisting term comes from the Sanskrit for sky or space (vyoma, pronounced veeohma). The closest Sanskrit word to astronaut would have been vyomagami, for something that passes in the sky. The other word for an Indian spacefarer that had been bandied about was gaganaut (gagan is also Sanskrit for sky).

Also “Gaganaut” definitely isn’t better. Sounds like what members of the Lady Gaga Fan Club would call themselves. Or a baby in space.

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To think… there will be children soon asking “Who is Lady Gaga?”

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Lady Gaga…in SPACE!

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Ok

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