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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

kinda, not really

arctic, from ancient greek ἀρκτικός did mean "of the bear" originally, probably as a reference to the constellation (cause i don’t think the ancient greeks ever went to the arctic to confirm if there were bears or not)

antarctica doesn’t mean "no bears", it means "the opposite of the arctic"

the truth is less fun, but i guess you could still view arctic as "bear place" and antarctica as "not the bear place" and that’s still kinda funny i think