Although many Bajorans saw comfort women as traitors, Nerys' father Taban said Meru was making a great sacrifice for Bajor and she was one of the bravest people he knew.
Her mother, Kira Meru (Bajorans traditionally display the surname before the given name), was believed to have died while Nerys was a child.
In Meru, access to land is still defined by customary law rather than by private title deed.
Meru became advisor to Gul Dukat, one of the leaders of the resistance and later Nerys' arch enemy.
Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru exhibit on a vertical scale the various forms of vegetation which characterize East Africa (see Kilimanjaro).
The greater steepness of its sides makes Meru in some aspects a more striking object than its taller neighbour.
The point about which the entire cosmos spins is Mount Meru.
Unfortunately, we weren't even privy to views of Rhino Point, let alone Mount Meru, as the cloud was low.