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A fact from United States floating battery Demologos appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 June 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Demologos, the first warship powered by a steam engine, saw only one day of active service in the U.S. Navy, carrying President James Monroe around New York Harbor?

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I assume Demologos means something like the 'will' or the 'logic' 'of the people'? My greek is too rusty, but I think that would be a nice touch to translate that. Especially in light of the ideals of the young republic, which saw itself as enlightened in similar ways. MadMaxDog 10:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Voice of the people" - actually I meant to include that in the article ;-) The Land 19:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Many voices" would be my less-than-literal translation, since she "spoke" from many "mouths". A touch of both, perhaps? Also "Judgement of the People" or "Many Judgements" would seem to fit.

But then I don't really know Classical or Modern Greek that well. :) 92.3.50.247 (talk) 13:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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As its been a year since this was talked about, would anyone be willing to throw in an etymology section? WookMuff (talk) 23:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 But then I don't really know Classical or Modern Greek that well. :) [[Special:Contributions/92.3.50.247|92.3.50.247]] ([[User talk:92.3.50.247|talk]]) 13:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
+== Etymology ==
+As its been a year since this was talked about, would anyone be willing to throw in an etymology section? [[User:WookMuff|WookMuff]] ([[User talk:WookMuff|talk]]) 23:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)