Samsung
Written in Hanja (Chinese characters), Samsung is 三星 in Korean or “three stars”, where three represents large and powerful.
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Sony
Sony means two things. It’s derived from the Latin word “sonus”, and also alludes to the slang term “sonny boys”. Sonus is Latin for sound or noise. In post-World War II Japan, “sonny boys”...
Cisco
The networking firm is a contraction of San Francisco. Cisco was founded by a husband and wife team when they were working for Stanford University, which is located halfway between San Francisco and San...
LG
LG is abbreviation of Lucky Goldstar. Header image: LG at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona 2015 by Kārlis Dambrāns on Flickr.