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The title, “Koyaanisqatsi,” comes from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Tribal elders suggested Wo'aabi, an Indigenous word meaning "worm."
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
As I wrote in my 2023 book, “The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir,” the very name “Wales” is a Saxon word meaning “Home of the Foreigners.”
From Salon • May 27, 2024
Its name is an Arabic word meaning altruism and affection.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Then I remembered that ludus was also a Latin word, meaning “school.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
