Saturday 3 September 2011

Company names based on some vocab

Accenture – from "Accent on the future".
Acer - sharp, acute, able and facile”
Adobe Systems – from the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock. But Adobe means a sun dried brick.
Antrix Corporation Limited — The business and marketing arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The name "Antrix" is an anglicized version of Antariksh, from the Sanskrit word for "space" or "sky".
Daewoo – company founder Kim Woo Chong called it Daewoo which means "Great House" or "Great Universe" in Korean.
Lenovo -Le-" (from former name Legend) and "novo", pseudo-Latin for "new".
Nestle - in German for "bird's nest".
Oracle - Though named on project named Oracle, I am just listing the meaning - most Holy place  in the temple

Volkswagen – from the German for people's 
Volvo – from the Latin word volvo, which means "I roll
 

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