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Originally Posted by myk View Post
Surely you mean Kamikaze. Thats the famous one that sank the Mongol fleet, a bit like the Spanish Armada.
Kamikaze is "Divine Wind" in Japanese.

Kami = god/divine
Kaze = wind

So yeah, it could be used. But thanks to the Japanese suicide pilots of WW2, it's gained a bad reputation in much the same was the Nazi's forever polluted the reputation of the swastika. (pre-ww2, the swastika was actually a world recognized symbol of peace) So while Kaze would be accepted by a lot of people, I think you'd see a rather unfortunate kickback for using "kamikaze" for the name. There's also a bit of a "self destructive" imagery that goes with that name. If someone called their project Kamikaze, a lot of people would avoid it like the plague.
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