Toyota
Meanings
name
- A surname from Japanese.
- A city in Aichi, Japan. A city near Nagoya, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters.
- The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.
- A brand of car manufactured by Toyota.
noun
- A car of the brand Toyota
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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.
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