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Company Names, Meanings And Origins by butterflyy(f): 10:35pm On Feb 12, 2013
DID YOU KNOW:
Company Name Origin/Meaning.
1. Mercedes - Name of the
daughter of the founder … 2. Nokia - Name of city and river in Finland.
3. Pepsi - Named from the
digestive enzyme pepsin.
4. Honda - From the name of itsfounder Soichiro Honda …
5. Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound …
6. Maggi - Food company
named after its founder, Julius Maggi …
7. Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki …
8. Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korean …
9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda …. .
10. Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company
11. Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das).
Re: Company Names, Meanings And Origins by suxes2005(m): 7:08am On Feb 13, 2013
butterflyy: DID YOU KNOW:
Company Name Origin/Meaning.
1. Mercedes - Name of the
daughter of the founder … 2. Nokia - Name of city and river in Finland.
3. Pepsi - Named from the
digestive enzyme pepsin.
4. Honda - From the name of itsfounder Soichiro Honda …
5. Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound …
6. Maggi - Food company
named after its founder, Julius Maggi …
7. Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki …
8. Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korean …
9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda …. .
10. Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company
11. Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das).

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Re: Company Names, Meanings And Origins by Afam4eva(m): 12:09pm On Feb 27, 2013
Java - named after an island in indonesia

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