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Toyota
Definitions
- 1 A surname from Japanese. countable
- 2 A city near Nagoya in Japan, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters. countable, uncountable
- 3 The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars. countable, uncountable
"So vehicles, like some Toyota Corollas, have a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close to reaching such speeds."
- 4 A brand of car manufactured by Toyota. countable, uncountable
"It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers."
- 1 A car of the brand Toyota
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.
Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.
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