LIST OF COMPANY NAMES AND ITS ETYMOLOGIES
S.NO
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COMPANY NAME
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ETYMOLOGY
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3COM
|
Computer,
Communication, and
Compatibility (Web
development company)
|
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ABN AMRO
|
Algemene
Bank Nederland
& Amsterdamsche Bank
and the Rotterdamsche
Bank merged to form the ABN Amro Bank
|
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ACCENTURE
|
Accent
on the future
|
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ACER
|
The Latin word for
“sharp, acute, able and facile
|
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ADIDAS
|
Name of the founder
Adolf (Adi) Dassler
|
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AKAI
|
From founder name -
Masukichi Akai
|
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ALCATEL-LUCENT
|
Alsacienne
de Constructions
Atomiques, de
Telecomunications et
dElectronique (It took
over Lucent Technologies
)
|
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AMC THEATRES
|
American
Multi-Cinema
|
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AMD
|
Advanced
Micro Devices
|
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AOL
|
America
OnLine
|
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APPLE
|
For the favorite fruit
of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple
orchard
|
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AREVA
|
Arevalo
was shorted to AREVA.
|
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ARICENT
|
Combination of two words
"arise" and
"ascent".
|
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ASK.COM
|
Ask
Jeeves was shortened to Ask.
|
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AT&T
|
American
Telephone and Telegraph
Corporation
|
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BBC
|
British
Broadcasting Corporation
|
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BENQ
|
Bringing
Enjoyment and Quality
to life
|
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BMW
|
Bayerische
Motoren Werke
(Bavarian Motor Works )
|
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BSNL
|
Bharat
Sanchar Nigam
Limited
|
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BP
|
British
Petroleum
|
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BHEL
|
Bharat
Heavy Electricals
Limited
|
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CDAC
|
Center
for Development of
Advanced Computing
|
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CHEVROLET
|
From company co-founder
Louis Chevrolet
|
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CISCO
|
From San Francisco.
|
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CMC
|
Computer
Maintenance Corporation
|
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COCA-COLA
|
Named From the coca
leaves and kola nuts used
as flavoring
|
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COMCAST
|
Communications
and broadcast
|
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COMPAQ
|
Computer
and "pack"
|
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DEC
|
Digital
Equipment Corporation
|
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DELL
|
Name of the founder
Michael Dell
|
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DHL
|
Name of the founders
Adrian Dalsey, Larry
Hillblom, and Robert Lynn
|
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EA GAMES
|
Electronic
Arts
|
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EBAY
|
Echo
Bay
|
|
ESPN
|
Entertainment
and Sports Programming
Network
|
|
EPSON
|
Son
of Electronic Printer
|
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FERRARI
|
Name of the founder Enzo
Ferrari
|
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FIAT
|
Fabbrica
Italiana Automobili
Torino (Italian
Automobile Factory of Turin)
|
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FORD
|
Name of its founder,
Henry Ford
|
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GOOGLE
|
Accidental misspelling
of the word googol
|
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HCL
|
Hindustan
Computers Ltd
|
|
HP
|
Bill Hewlett
and Dave Packard (They
tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be
called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett )
|
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HMV
|
His
Master's Voice
|
|
HONEYWELL
|
Name of its founder Mark
Honeywell
|
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HOTMAIL
|
Hotmail as it included
the letters "HTML" - "HoTMaiL"
|
|
HSBC
|
Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking
Corporation
|
|
HTC
|
High
Tech Computer
Corporation
|
|
IBM
|
International
Business Machines
|
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INFOSYS
|
Information
Systems
|
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INTEL
|
INTegrated
ELectronics
|
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KAWASAKI
|
Name of its founder
Shozo Kawasaki
|
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KFC
|
Kentucky
Fried Chicken
|
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LENOVO
|
"Le-" (from
former name Legend) and
"novo",
pseudo-Latin for "new".
|
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LG
|
Lucky
and Goldstar
|
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MCDONALD'S
|
Brothers Dick McDonald
and Mac McDonald, who founded the first McDonald's restaurant
|
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MICROSOFT
|
MICROcomputer
SOFToftware
|
|
MITSUBISHI
|
MITSU
means Three and HISHI
means Diamonds
|
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MOZILLA
|
Mosaic-Killer,
Godzilla
|
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MRF
|
Madras
Rubber Factory
|
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NEC
|
Nippon
Electric Company
|
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NISSAN
|
Nippon
Sangyo which means "Japan
Industries".
|
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NOKIA
|
Finnish city of Nokia.
The company later adopted the city's name.
|
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PEPSI
|
From the digestive
enzyme pepsin.
|
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QUALCOMM
|
Quality
Communication
|
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REEBOK
|
Alternate spelling of
rhebok
|
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SAMSUNG
|
Three stars in Korean
|
|
SANYO
|
Three oceans in Japanese
|
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SAP
|
System
Analysis and Program
development (Systems,
Applications and Products
in Data Processing)
|
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SKYPE
|
Original concept for the
name was Sky-Peer-to-Peer
|
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SONY
|
Latin word 'sonus'
meaning sound, and 'sonny'
a slang word used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster,
"since we were sonny boys working in sound and vision"
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SUN MICRO SYSTEMS
|
Founders designed their
first workstation in their dorm at Stanford University, and chose
the name Stanford
University Network
for their product
|
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SUZUKI
|
Name of its founder
Michio Suzuki
|
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TATA
|
Jamshedji Tata,
considered "the father of Indian industry".
|
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TCL
|
Today
China Lion
|
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TCS
|
Tata
Consultancy Services
|
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TEPCO
|
Tokyo
Electric Power
Company
|
|
TWITTER
|
The definition was 'a
short burst of inconsequential information', and 'chirps from
birds'.
|
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VERIZON
|
Combination of two words
veritas (Latin for truth)
and horizon.
|
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VODAFONE
|
Voice,
Data, Telefone
|
|
VM WARE
|
Virtual
Machine 'ware
|
|
VOLVO
|
From Latin word volvo,
which means "I roll"
|
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WIPRO
|
Western
India Palm
Refined Oil
Ltd
|
|
WWE
|
World
Wrestling Entertainment
|
|
XEROX
|
Xerography,
a word derived from the Greek xeros (dry) and graphos (writing)
|
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YAHOO
|
Yet
Another Hierarchical
Officious Oracle
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