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How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:15am On Sep 11, 2017 |
You probably be interested in knowing how these 15 big companies got their names. 1. Lego Lego is a mashup of the Danish phrase “leg godt”, which means play well 1 Share
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:16am On Sep 11, 2017 |
2. Kia Very appropriately named, the word “kia”, roughly translated from Hanja, means “rising from Asia”.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by brighttech95(m): 11:17am On Sep 11, 2017 |
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:19am On Sep 11, 2017 |
3. Ikea By combining his own initials (Ingvar Kamprad) and the initials of the place he grew up (Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) Ingvar came up with his company name.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:20am On Sep 11, 2017 |
4. Volkswagen If you speak German then you already know this but Volkswagen literally translates to “people’s car”.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:23am On Sep 11, 2017 |
5. Amazon Essentially, however, Jeff Bezos wanted to convey the idea that you could find anything you were looking for…from a to z.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:27am On Sep 11, 2017 |
6. Ebay Because it was owned by Echo Bay Technology Group the name was originally supposed to be echobay. The URL, however, was already taken by a mining company so the founders had it shortened to ebay.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:29am On Sep 11, 2017 |
7. Sharp The company’s first product, the ever sharp pencil, is actually where this multinational corporation got its name.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:32am On Sep 11, 2017 |
8. Adobe It was actually named after a body of water (Adobe Creek) that ran through the property of founder John Warnock.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:34am On Sep 11, 2017 |
9. Reebok A Reebok is actually a type of antelope found on the savanna in Africa and these days it’s also the inspiration behind the name of an international brand.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:35am On Sep 11, 2017 |
10. Coca Cola Allegedly its name was taken from the coca leaves and kola nuts used in the original ingredients. 1 Like
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:37am On Sep 11, 2017 |
11. Sony It is derived from the Latin word sonus , which means “sound” and was chosen because the word “sony” is so easy to pronounce in most languages.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:39am On Sep 11, 2017 |
12. Adidas It came from the nickname of founder Adolf Adi Dassler. RudolfRudi Dassler, his brother, also started a shoe company calledRuda , which later turned into Puma. 1 Like
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:40am On Sep 11, 2017 |
13. Nokia This international company started out as wood pulp mill just outside the Finnish town of Nokia. 1 Like
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:42am On Sep 11, 2017 |
14. Sega Short for Service Games of Japan, this company originally imported pinball machines onto US military bases around the Pacific Rim.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:43am On Sep 11, 2017 |
15. Nintendo This famous company name comes from the Japanese name “Nintendou”. Roughly translated “Nin” means “entrusted” and “ten-dou” means “heaven”.
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Re: How 15 Big Companies Got Their Names by Quelme: 11:45am On Sep 11, 2017 |
******* Pepsi****** You may not have guessed, but the Pepsi founders were evidently a bit nerdy as the name of their world famous product is derived from the digestive enzyme pepsin
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