THE MEMORY OF THE CITY
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History
Terminology
The study of Lilitic history regularly involves several opaque terms and variations thereof that describe groups, ideas, and people within the general milieu. Deciphering these is not always straightforward without the use of a dictionary, and anglicization methods of key terms may differ between authors and even within documents.

* Egrekela (pl. Egrekelai) or Ekela (pl. Ekeli): Homo lilitae, the biological species of human that comprise the tribe of the Lilitai. "Ekela" is associated with Wanisin, where the "Lilitu" autonym is defunct.

* Lilitu or Lilita (pl. Lilitai or Lilitasa): An egrekela who is a member of the tribe of the Lilitai.

* Lilitina: The body politic of the Lilitai.

* Okso (pl. Oksoi, Oksi) or Okse (pl. Oksete): Oksos ksreskezou, the dominant species of the planet Ksreskézo, after which a series of interstellar dictatorships, the Ksreskézaian Empires, were named.

* Ksreskézu (pl. Ksreskézai or Ksreskézoi), the demonym of a citizen of the Ksreskézaian Empire, limited in practice to the Oksete.

* Ksreskéza: The brane that contained the planet Ksreskézo, homeworld of the Oksete, and its sun, Sabta.

* Ksreskézo: Homeworld of the Oksete.

* Slokdtaba (pl. Slokdtabasa): An egrekela slave of the Oksete. The egrekelai originated as human (Telaian) captives, genetically modified to fulfill the vanities and fashions of the Oksete.

* Grand War: Three-sided conflict between the Ksreskézaian, Tletkettoyic, and Hogedepi states for control of the KHT Expanse.

* KHT Expanse (abbr. KHTX, sometimes just Ksreskézaian Expanse or Ksreskézaian–Hogedepi Expanse): A highly interconnected series of branes with high biodiversity but limited contact with the greater universe.

* Tletketti (pl. Tletketti or Tletkettoyi, attr. Tletkettoyic): Pseudoelrathia thessiae, the original inhabitants of Thet.

* Hogenem (pl. Hogedep, attr. Hogedepi): Plumanguis apex, victors of the Grand War.

* Ksreskézaian Holocaust or Genocide: A catastrophic attack delivered by the Hogenem against the Ksreskézai in 67891 iky that resulted in the wholesale extinction of the Oksete and Tletkettoyi, and the collapse of the Ksreskéza brane.

* Vendashro: The escape of the Slokdtabasa in 67891 iky from Ksreskézo following the Ksreskézaian Holocaust.