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By Mathew

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LML

Lohia Machines Limited

Cipla

Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories

CEAT

Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino (Electrical Cables and Allied Products of Turin)

Xerox

the name was taken from the term Xerography means “dry writing”

DMG

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (Daimler Motors Corporation)

VLCC

Vandana Luthra Curls and Curves

RmKV

Rm.K.Viswanatha Pillai

SKF

Svenska Kullagerfabriken

DLF

Delhi Lease & Finance

GmbH

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited Liability Company)

DTDC

Desk to Desk Courier & Cargo

PVR

Priya Village Roadshow

TELCO

TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company

MSI

Micro-Star International

GM

General Motors

AMUL

Anand Milk Union Limited

Amazon

Bezos wanted a name for his company that began with “A” and he took the name Amazon

LnT

Larsen and Toubro

RCA

Radio Corporation of America

DoCoMo

DO COmmunications over the MObile network

PG

Procter & Gamble

Exide

Excellent Oxide

MG

Morris Garages

NDTV

New Delhi Television

Harley-Davidson

from the name of its founders William S. Harley ,Arthur and Walter Davidson

Ducati

from the family name of the founders “Ducati”

TISCO

Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited

ACC

Associated Cement Companies

ITC

Imperial Tobacco Company

MTS

Mobile TeleSystems

Alcoa

Aluminum Company of America

ALCO

American Locomotive Company

IFC

International Finance Corporation

TVS

from the name of the founder T. V. Sundaram Iyengar

WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment

VSNL

Videsh Sanchaar Nigam Limited

JCB

Josephy Cyril Bamford

IFB

Indian Fine Blanks

Yamaha

named after the founder Torakusu Yamaha

Wipro

from Western India Products

Wal-Mart

named after founder Sam Walton

Volkswagen

from the German for people’s car

Volvo

from the Latin word volvo, which means "I roll"

Vodafone

from Voice, Data, Telefone

Verizon

a portmanteau of ‘ver’itas (Latin for truth) and hor‘izon’

Toyota

from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda

OP

Ocean Pacific

Toshiba

named from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho

Tata

named after Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

Suzuki

from the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki

Sprint

Southern Pacific Railroad Intelligent Network of Telecommunications

Sony

from the Latin word "sonus" meaning sound

Siemens

from the name of the founders Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske

Sharp

named from its first product, an ever-sharp pencil

Sennheiser

named after one of its founders, Fritz Sennheiser

Sanyo

meaning three oceans in Japanese

Samsung

meaning three stars in Korean

Samsonite

named from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength

Rolls-Royce

from the surnames of the company founders, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls

Renault

named after the founder Louis Renault

Reebok

name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope

Red-Hat

founder Marc Ewing use to wear a red cap

Porsche

named after founder Ferdinand Porsche

Pixar

from pixel and the co-founder's name, Alvy Ray Smith

Piaggio

named after founder Rinaldo Piaggio

Philips

from the name of the founders Gerard Philips and Anton Philips

Peugeot

named after Emile Peugeot

Oracle

the name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA project

Osram

from osmium and wolfram

Onkyo

translates as “sound harmony”

Nokia

from the finnish city of Nokia

Nissan

the company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means "Japan Industries”

Nintendo

from nintendou, (nin) can be translated as to "entrusted"; ten-dou means "heaven"

Nikon

the original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese Optical"

Nike

named for the Greek goddess of victory

Nestle

named after its founder, Henri Nestlé

Nero

Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome

NEC

Nippon Electric Company

Napster

named after Fanning’s hairstyle-based nickname

MRF

Madras Rubber Factory

Motorola

from Motor and Victrola - as originally they made car radios

Mercedes

From the first name of the daughter of Emil Jellinek

Mercedes Benz

the two companies Mercedes (DMG) and Benz & Cie merge to form Mercedes-Benz

Mitsubishi

Mitsu means three and hishi (changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape)

McDonalds

from the name of the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, who founded the first McDonald’s

Lexmark

From Lexington Marketing

Kyocera

from Kyoto Ceramics, after Kyoto in Japan

KUKA

Germany as Keller Und Knappich Augsburg, it shortened its name to KUKA

Korg

named from the surnames of the founders, Tsutomu Katoh and Tadashi Osanai, combined with the letters "rg" from the word organ

Komatsu

from the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, where it was founded in 1917

Kodak

from the letter K, the favourte letter of Gorge Eastman (Founder)

Kenworth

named after the two principal stockholders Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington

Kawasaki

from the name of its founder, Shozo Kawasaki

JVC

Japan Victor Company

JBL

from the name of its founder, James B Lansing

Infosys

Information Systems

IKEA

a composite of Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

HTC

High Tech Computer Corporation

Hotmail

HoTMaiL included the letters HTML

Honeywell

from the name of Mark Honeywell, founder of Honeywell Heating Specialty Co

Hitachi

Old place name, literally "sunrise"

Garmin

named after its founders, Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao

Fuji

named after Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan

Ford

named after its founder, Henry Ford

Fluke

named after its founder, John Fluke

Ferrari

from the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari

FedEx

Federal Express

BPL

British Physical Laboratories

AmEx

American Express

Fazer

named after its founder, Karl Fazer

Esso

the enunciation of the initials S.O. in Standard Oil of New Jersey

Epson

named from “Son of Electronic Printer”

Ericsson

named after its founder Lars Magnus Ericsson

Digg

from Diggnation

DHL

named after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn

DELL

named after its founder, Michael Dell

Daewoo

means Great Universe in Korean

Cray

Named after its founder, Seymour Cray

Corel

Cowpland Research Laboratory

COCA-COLA

derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring

Cisco

short for San Francisco

Chrysler

named after the company founder, Walter P. Chrysler

Chevrolet

named after company co-founder Louis Chevrolet

Casio

from the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao

Canon

derived from the name of the company’s first camera, the Kwanon

Bultaco

from the name of its founder, Paco Bultó

Bull

named after its founder, Fredrik Rosing Bull

Buick

named after its founder, David Dunbar Buick

BT

British Telecommunications

BSA

Birmingham Small Arms Company

BRIDGESTONE

named after founder Shojiro Ishibashi. Ishibashi means “stone bridge”

BP

British Petroleum

Bose

named after its founder Amar G. Bose

Bosch

named after founder Robert Bosch

Boeing

named after founder William E. Boeing

Blaupunkt

Blaupunkt in German means "Blue dot"

ATI

Array Technologies Incorporated

Asus

named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology

Akai

from the named for its founder, Saburo Akai

Adobe

from the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock

Adidas

from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.

eBay

Orgin from “ Echo Bay”

Acer

“sharp, acute, able and facile” in Latin

Accenture

derived from ”Accent on the future”

FIAT

Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

Audi

from the surname of the founder August Horch (Audi, in Latin)

Honda

from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda.

EA

Electronic Arts

Compaq

Compatibility and Quality

Lenovo

From the blend of two words “Le” and “novo”

Intel

Integrated Electronics

MS

MicroSoft

ZMS

Zhone Management System

WD

Western Digital

UPS

United Parcel Service

TCS

TATA Consultancy Services

RIM

Research In Motion

QGC

Questar Gas Company

OAB

Oman Arab Bank

LG

Lucky Goldstar

L&T

Larsen & Toubro Limited

KFC

Kentucky Fried Chicken

IMDB

Internet Movie Data Base

IBM

International Business Machines

Hyundai

Connotes the sense of “the present age” or “modernity” in Korean.

HSBC

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

HP

Hewlett Packard

HMT

Hindustan Machine Tools

HCL

Hindustan Computer Limited

BHW

Bell & Howell Company

BenQ

Bringing Enjoyment N Quality

AT&T

American Telephone and Telegraph Company

APC

American Power Conversion

AOL

America Online

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

ABC

American Broadcasting Company