Meaning of "Okonokos"

[Anu]

Forgive me if this has been discussed to death in another thread, but are there any popular theories circulating about the meaning of the album's title?

Anyone know if Jim has ever been to the town in West Virginia called Okonoko?

[Northwoods Jacket]

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Which one is the righ answer?

[sweatboard]

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Which one is the righ answer?

Yes, I have thought the same thing.

[Ive got an EVIL plan babe]

To quote the MMJ press release:  "Okonokos is whatever you want it to be."  Also, they write, "...Okonokos capture the essence of a timeless, nameless and fairytale-like place."  So, Okonokos seems to stand for a nameless place.  It's whatever we want it to be and it's a damned interesting name that seems to have meaning.  I'd also like to note that the set and theme was said to be inspired by a show in Japan.  Okonokos sounds like a very americanized japanese name to me.  Like Tokyo, Okinawa, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto, etc.

The following was posted on another thread by Megisnotreal.  It was also quoted in a recent article about the band.  It's amazing.  She did an emaculate job.

"O-ko-no-kos (n)- a state of being in which the human soul trancends space and time through a sense auditory nirvana ; said state is reached when the pure power of rock and roll is so intense and spiritual that it can no longer be perceived by the eardrums and must be heard using only the heart.  
 
See also: "eargasm," euphoria, enlightenment, My Morning Jacket "

This NEEDS to be in a dictionary.

[fan75]

This is probably unrelated, but maybe someone from MMJ saw this Norwegian news website's banner?  :-/