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== Terminology ==
== Terminology ==
The word 'Qu', also spelled ''U'' or ''Oo'' in English, is a transcription of the Iliaqu word ''qu'' pronounced [ʔú] which means simply 'world'.  
The word 'Qu', also spelled ''U'' or ''Oo'' in English, is a transcription of the [[Iliaqu]] word ''qu'' pronounced [ʔú] which means simply 'world'.  


The people of Qu refer to those who mysteriously arrive in Qu as ''taia'' [tàjá], roughly ‘ghost’ or ‘apparition’, and the world from which they come, Earth, as ''utaia'' [ùtàjá], literally 'ghost world'.  
The people of Qu refer to those who mysteriously arrive in Qu as ''taia'' [tàjá], roughly ‘ghost’ or ‘apparition’, and the world from which they come, Earth, as ''utaia'' [ùtàjá], literally 'ghost world'.  
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