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Etymology edit

planet + -os, a suffix used in the series in the names of continents, e.g. Westeros, Essos, and Sothoryos.

Proper noun edit

Planetos

  1. (fandom slang) The unnamed fictional planet which serves as the setting for the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
    • 2016, Patrice A. Loar, "'On the Cusp of Half-Remembered Prophecies': Interpreting Prophecy in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire", thesis submitted to the University of New Orleans, page 4:
      However, the comet’s presence is not limited to the sky over Drogo’s pyre, and winter is coming to all of Planetos; []
    • 2017, J. Edwards, J. Hancock, S. Nayak, “Do We Have Liftoff?”, in Journal of Physics Special Topics:
      We aim to solve this problem by calculating the mass of Drogon from his size, and then estimating the lift that his wings would be able to generate, assuming that gravity on Planetos is the same as on Earth.
    • 2019, Kim Renfro, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, page 116:
      [] and Oberyn continues having sexual tension with every human on Planetos.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Planetos.

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