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ost_uid0]in the novels Uhura was given the first name Nyota ("star")[/color
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ost_uid0]Hmmm... I remember reading a novel in which her first name was Penda ("freedom" in Swahili, I think), and that's what always stuck in my head. I think this is the same source as Hikaru, which was made official in the movies. But this was probably a very early novel, perhaps one of the Vonda McIntyre novelizations...[/color
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