Waterfire Saga, Book One: Deep Blue (A Waterfire Saga Novel) (28 page)

M
ATALIN
from Matali

M
EHTERBAŞI
leader of the Jani
ç
ari

M
ERL
Mermish equivalent of
girl

M
ERMISH
the common language of the sea people

M
ERROW
a great mage, one of the six rulers of Atlantis, and Serafina’s ancestor. First ruler of the merpeople; songspell originated with her, and she decreed the Dokimí.

M
ERROVINGIA
descendants of Merrow

M
ERROW’S
P
ROGRESS
Ten years after the destruction of Atlantis, Merrow made a journey to all of the waters of the world, scouting out safe places for the merfolk to colonize.

M
EU
D
EUS
Portuguese for
my God

M
IA AMICA
Italian for
my friend

M
INA
Brazilian slang for
a female friend

M
IROMARA
the realm where Serafina comes from; an empire that spans the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Ionian, Ligurian, and Tyrrhenean Seas, the Seas of Azov and Marmara, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and the Bosphorus

M
OARTE PILOTI
death riders

M
ORSA
an ancient scavenger goddess, whose job it was to take away the bodies of the dead. She planned to overthrow Neria with an army of the dead. Neria punished her by giving her the face of death and the body of a serpent and banishing her.

N
AVI
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Neela’s ancestor

N
EELA
a Matalin princess; Serafina’s best friend; Yazeed’s sister; Mahdi’s cousin. She is a bioluminescent.

N
ERIA
the sea goddess

N
EX
a darksong spell used to kill

N
OCÉRUS
a darksong spell used to cause harm

N
YX
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Ava’s ancestor

O
BÂRŞIE
the leader of the Iele

O
CHI
a powerful spying spell in which the songcaster plants a
GÂNDAC
, or bug, near the person or thing being observed

O
LT
the river in Romania where the Iele are located

O
MNIVOXA
(
OMNI
)
mer who have the natural ability to speak every dialect of Mermish and communicate with sea creatures

O
NDALINA
the mer realm in the Arctic waters

O
PAFAGO
cannibalistic sea creatures that lived in Miromara and hunted mer until Merrow forced them into the Barrens of Thira, which surround the ruins of Atlantis

O
RFEO
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Astrid’s ancestor

O
STROKON
the mer version of a library

P
ALAZZO
Italian for
palace

P
ERMUTAVI
a pact between Miromara and Ondalina, enacted after the War of Reykjanes Ridge, that decreed the exchange of the rulers’ children

P
ESCA
the language spoken by some species of fish

P
ORPOISHA
the language spoken by porpoises

P
ORTIA
V
OLNERO
mother of Lucia, one of Serafina’s ladies-in waiting; wanted to marry Vallerio, Serafina’s uncle

P
RAEDATORI
soldiers who defend the sea and its creatures against terragoggs; known as Wave Warriors on land

P
RAESIDIO
Duca Contorini’s home in Venice

P
RAX
practical magic that helps the mer survive, such as camouflage spells, echolocation spells, spells to improve speed or darken an ink cloud. Even those with little magical ability can cast them.

P
RINCIPESSA
Italian for
princess

P
YRRA
one of the six rulers of Atlantis; Becca’s ancestor

Q
IN
the mer realm in the Pacific Ocean; Ling’s home

Q
UE DIABO
Portuguese for
what the hell

Q
UERIDA
Portuguese for
darling

Q
UI VADIT IBI
?
Latin for
Who goes there?

Q
UIA
M
ERROW DECREVIT
Latin for
Because Merrow decreed it

R
AFE
I
AORO
M
FEME
worst of the terragoggs; he runs a fleet of dredgers and super trawlers that threaten to pull every last fish out of the sea

R
AY
S
AY
the language spoken by manta rays

R
EGGIA
Merrow’s ancient palace

R
EGINA
Italian for
queen

R
IPTIDE
Mermish slang equivalent of
very cool

R
ORRIM
D
ROL
lord of Vadus, the mirror realm

R
OTTER
an animated human corpse, devoid of a soul

R
URSUS
the language of Vadus, the mirror realm

R
USALKA
ghosts of human girls who jumped into a river and drowned themselves because of a broken heart

S
AGI-SHI
one of three trawlers that Rafe Mfeme owns

S
CULPIN
venomous arctic fish

S
EJANUS
A
DARO
Portia Volerno’s husband, who died a year after Lucia’s birth

S
ERAFINA
principessa di Miromara

S
HOALING
swimming with schools of fish near the surface of the water, a risky sport for merpeople

S
HOKORETH
Arabic word for
deceiver

S
TILO
a songspell that makes spikes sprout out of a water ball

S
UMA
Neela’s ayah, or nurse

S
VIKARI
one of three trawlers that Rafe Mfeme owns

S
WASH
Mermish slang; a shortened version of
swashbuckler
, suggesting a flamboyant adventurer

S
YCORAX
one of the six rulers of Atlantis; Ling’s ancestor

S
YLVESTRE
Serafina’s pet octopus

T
AJDAR
Foreign Secretary of Matali

T
ALISMAN
object with magical properties

T
AVIA
Serafina’s nurse

T
ERRAGOGGS
(
GOGGS
)
humans. Before now they haven’t been able to get past the merpeople’s spells.

T
HALASSA
the canta magus, or keeper of magic, of Miromara; addressed as Magistra

T
ĬNGJŬ
Qin word for
jerk

T
ORTOISHA
the language spoken by sea turtles

T
RANSPARENSEA PEARL
a pearl that contains a songspell of invisibility

T
REZI
the songspell used to turn a corpse into a cadavru

T
RYKEL AND
S
PUME
twin brother gods of the tides

T
SARNO
a fortress town in the western Mediterranean

T
UBARÃO
Portuguese for
shark

T
UDO BEM, GATINHAS
?
Portuguese for
Everything well with you, girls?

V
ADUS
the mirror realm

V
ALLERIO
, P
RINCIPE DEL
S
ANGUE
Regina Isabella’s brother; Miromara’s high commander; Serafina’s uncle

V
ELO
a songspell to increase one’s speed

V
ITRINA
souls of beautiful, vain humans who spent so much time admiring themselves in mirrors that they are now trapped inside

W
ATERFIRE
magical fire used to enclose or contain

W
AVE
W
ARRIORS
humans who fight for the sea and its creatures

Y
AZEED
Neela’s brother; Mahdi’s cousin

Z
EE-ZEE
a Matalin candy

Z
ENO
P
ISCOR
traitor to Serafina and Neela, in league with Traho

JENNIFER DONNELLY
is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books. For adults she has written a trilogy of best-selling books that includes
The Tea Rose
,
The Winter Rose
, and
The Wild Rose.
Her first young adult novel,
A Northern Light
, received many accolades, among them the
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz Honor. Her second young adult novel,
Revolution
, was named a Best Book of 2010 by
Kirkus Reviews
and
School Library Journal
, and the audiobook received a 2011 American Library Association Odyssey Honor. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. For more information, visit
www.jenniferdonnelly.com.

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Waterfire Saga Book Two

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