meaning?

[blueraven]

What eactly does "escaflowne" mean? Is it a created word for the gumelef or is it a word from another language. I'm sorry if this was posted before.

[elvenfire]

As far as I know, Escaflowne is not a word in any language. It has been suggested that "Escaflowne" is derived from the word "escalate".

[suzaku]

oic...

i didn't know about that one...

[suzaku]

nope...

i don't know if it was derived from other languages but try asking the other members for it :)

[Android18]

I read that it is from escalate. And Alseides are some kind of Nymph, as is Oreades.

[Mr_Bug]

it also has the word "flown" in it.

[DarkPrimus]

"Escaflown" without the "e" at the end, was the cousin of one of the Knights of the Round Table. (I think it was Gawian's cousin, but I'm not sure...)

Anyways, it sounded cool, and it was Arthurian-sounding as well. So there ya go.

[Nulani]

... Escaflowne's apparently the name of Gaea's God of War in the movie...
I don't know if it got any meaning as a word though...

[Teddy]

I quote from YTV

What is an esscaflowne? is it that thing? or that? is it when a bunch of people stand around like this? Maybe it's a new hair style. Is it his mustache? "Don't make fun of my mustache" oo I hope it's not his tights oh well it's probably some fancy smancy name the writers thought up so you would watch...VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE

Unquote

[Fenix]

ummm...don't know about that one..

[Callisto]

Hee. Canadian commerial for Esca. :D

[Shadowbard]

I got this information from The Escaflowne Compendium (http://www.anime.net/escaflowne/). It is a direct quote from the section on Escaflowne (the Ispano guymelef)

Shoji Kawamori says that Yasuhiro Imagawa (the director initially chosen for the project) coined the name Escaflowne before leaving the project. Kawamori thinks the name may be related to "escalation." Speculation to the contrary, "Escaflowne" does not appear in Arthurian legends. Escavalon, as opposed to Escaflowne, is a place Perceval visits in Chretien de Troyes's Perceval (The Story of the Grail).

So, it looks like we may never know the "real" meaning of Escaflowne. Ah well, it's still a great series.

~Anki

[Dilandau Addict]

Contrary to popular belief, the name Escaflowne was not intentionally drawn from Arthurian legends.

Although the name is simliar to the knight Escaflown and the location Escavalon, there was no intended realtion.

[Eternity]

Doesn't "Escaflowne" mean something like "of the skies"? cause i think it has something to do with flying? I don't know, just remember somebody telling me something about it.