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McCarthy named the boy Cullen, an anglicized form of a Gaelic word meaning, roughly, “young hound” or “handsome one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
This mass exodus has been dubbed "japa", a Yoruba word meaning "to escape".
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
Two horizontal was some word meaning to remove afar off.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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