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LeDi food DiscounterLEGO combination of the Danish "“put godt"”, the "“play well"” meant. Lego is called on Latin also "“I sets together"”, however the company, this states are only a coincidence and the Etymologie of the word are absolutely Danish. Years before the small plastic building block was invented, manufactured LEGO of Holzspielzeuge. Leica Leitz Camera.LG combination of the two popular Korean marks Lucky and Goldstar.LoJack "“LoJack"” (manufacturer of location systems for stolen vehicles) is a wordplay on the word "“Hijack"” (English for "“kidnap"”). Lominger Limited combination of the surnames of the enterprise founders: Lombardo and Eichinger.Lonsdale box equipment manufacturer designated after the "“Lonsdale belt"”, a which was donated by the English lord Lonsdale. Lotus Mitch Kapor had the name of the "“Lotussitz"” (also "“Padmasana"”). Kapor was in former times teachers for the transzendentale Meditationstechnik, like it scholarly Luis Vuitton HennessyLTU air transport enterprises GmbH & CO of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi wurde.LVMH. KGLuK lamella and KupplungsbauLycos of ''' Lycos ''' idae, the family of the wolf spiders.

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Maggi after the firm founder - Julius Maggi.Mattel combination of the names of the firm founders Harold "“matte"” Matson and Elliot HandlerMacronimous of Indian Web designers. Komination from Magnonimous and the Vosilber macro for Gross.MAN engine works Augsburg originally a daughter of the Maryland national corporation stands the abbreviation for Maryland bank national for Association; also Mercedes Benz OF North America McDonald's after the founders of the first McDonald " s-restaurant 1940, thickly McDonald and Mac McDonaldMercedes Benz the label name of the DaimlerChrysler AG compound from the first name of the daughter Emil Jellineks, a big customer of the Daimler engine society at that time (over 1900) and the surname Carl Benz', the founder that Benz & Cie.MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer of Studios, resulted from the fusion of Metro Picture corporation, Goldwyn Picture corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Goldwyn sits down together from name parts of Samuel Goldfish and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn.Microsoft Microcomputer software, the original name was Microsoft; the hyphen entferntMimeo.com original name EasyCopy became later, later after the Mimeograf (Kopierverfahren with wax stencils) umbenanntMitel Mike and Terrys Lawnmowers (= after the firm founders Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews.Mitre the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research EstablishmentMitropa Central European sleep and food car Aktiengesellschaft.Mitsubishi name created by the Yataro Iwasaki 1870. This means "“three Wasserkastanien"”. To describe the Japanese word for Wasserkastanie long time used around the form diamonds, which the Firmenlogo to form. In the German-language advertisement the name becomes as "“three diamonds"” translation Motorola of the founders of "“Galvin Manufacturing company"”, Paul Galvin, used this designation as its company with the production of radios for cars began. The ending "“ola"” was used at that time for many products within the audio range (e.g. "“Victrola"” of the company Victor Talking Machine company). The name should make a connection between "“movement"” and "“sound"”. The name became so popular that it was taken over later than company name. Moxie Media designated after the dog of Walt Crory, one the firm founder Mozilla Foundation after the Webbrowser Mozilla, which should replace the Mosaic Browser. Mozilla is a creation of Jamie W. Zawinski from the word "“Mosaic killer"” following GodzillaMTU engines and turbines union, and/or MTU aero Engines

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Nabisco in former times "“national Biscuit company"”, 1971 in Nabisco renaming NASA national Aeronautics and space AdministrationNCR corporation national cash register. While the society was in the possession of AT&T, the abbreviation (probably only unofficial) also as "“network Computing resource"” designated after the firm founder Heinrich Nestle (later: Henri Because of the name form (Nestle = Swabian for nest flax, small nest) the Firmenlogo contains a nest with one nut/mother bird and two designated after of the Greek short form of the original name Nippon Kogaku, which "“Japanese optics"” meaning Nintendo consists of the three Japanese kanji characters Nin ten DO. Both first mean "“the sky segnet honest work"” and/or "“in the hand of the sky/fate"”; "“DO"” is a general suffix for a not rusting steel (registered registered trade mark of ThyssenKrupp) Nissan short form of the original name Nippon Sangyo, which "“Japanese industry"” bedeutetNKD low calculated = DiscountNokia original a paper factory became, later in the Finnish city Nokia rubber products manufactured. Finally the place name was taken over as company name. Nortel until 1976 under the name Northern Electric, afterwards as Northern Telecom and Bay Networks.Novartis latin novae artes = new HandwerkNovell by a mistake of the wife of the firm founder George Canova, which thought that the French expression for "“new"” is "“Novemberal"” (correctly "“Nouvelle"” would be new for "“, piece of news"”)

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Pamida US retailer based of Jim Witherspoon and Lee Wegener, which got its name of Witherspoons three sons: For Patrick, Michael and DavidPCM Sierra PCM stands for Pacific Microelectronics center, the research department of BC Tel. Sierra stands for the company Sierra Semiconducter, which possibly due to the proximity of the Sierra Nevada so designated wurdePennzoil from the union South Penn oil (earlier standard oil Tocher) and Zapata oil Pepsi the name Pepsi comes from the digesting enzyme Pepsin that in this beverage is contained. Persil this detergent name is formed from "“perborate"” and "“silicate " Petrobras short form for Brasileiro S.A., which national oil company Brazil Philips after the Gerard and Anton Philips, which make 1891 the company meant as many Spanish verb form pixel, as pixels. Originally the name stood more pixer to the discussion, but firm founder Steve job favourisierte the Spanish form pluses great lives and sparenPMA print Media A ustria AGPontiac name giver was designated the Ottawa chieftain PontiacPor sportscar manufacturers after Ferry Porsche, Sohn of the founder Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian autotechnical designer). The surname could of the Czech name "“Bore"š"” (boresh) stammenPsion of the firm founder David Potter as abbreviation for "“Potter Scientific of instrument Or emergency-hung " PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers

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