Verizon
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| Gender: | company | |
| Pronunciation: | ver-EYE-zohn | |
| Meaning: | truthful and visionary | |
| Related Names: | Amazon, Google, Kleenex, Starbucks |
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[edit] ORIGIN
The name of the company Verizon is a combination of the Latin word veritas, and the English word horizon.[1] It is a portmanteau word; that is, a word created by blending two different words.[2]
The New College Latin and English Dictionary defines veritas as "truth, truthfulness; real life, reality; honesy, integrity; correctness."[3]
Merriam Websters Dictionary defines horizon literally as "the apparent junction of earth and sky," and metaphorically as "something that might be attained."[4] Horizon is an English word derived from Latin.
The name was chosen to label the company as both reliable and visionary.[5]
[edit] FACTS
The full name of the company is Verizon Communications, Inc., and their stock symbol is VZ.[6]
[edit] NOTES
- ↑ http://investor.verizon.com/profile/history/
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portmanteau
- ↑ Traupman, John C. The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary. New York: Bantam Books, 1995. 441.
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horizon
- ↑ http://investor.verizon.com/profile/history/
- ↑ http://investor.verizon.com/profile/history/
