Gaia
noun/ˈɡaɪə/
/ˈɡaɪə/
[singular]- the Earth, considered as a single natural system that organizes and controls itselfTopics The environmentc2Word OriginGreek, ‘Earth’. This sense was coined by James Lovelock, at the suggestion of the writer William Golding.
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