word meaning
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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
The dinosaur, unearthed on the Isle of Wight, has been given the name Istiorachis macaruthurae with the first word meaning "sail spine" and the second referring to Dame Ellen's surname.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
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
My advice will often shock purists and occasionally puzzle readers who have always been under the impression that this word meaning or that grammatical usage is an error.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
