: Hey, I was in Science class today (sleeping as I normaly do )when I heard the teacher say something that caught my attention. Well, he said that hundrend of years ago the dark spots on the moon were thought to be oceans, and so they named them MARIA ( you say it " Mar", and then the "IA" which is like the Norweegen or something word for ocean. At first I thought the dude was saying Mera, but do you think this is where the creator of Ocean Girl got the idea for Mera's name?