Motorola
English edit
Etymology edit
From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Motorola (plural Motorolas)
- A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
- 2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190:
- […] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
- 2009, Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 2, Iraqi Perspectives, →ISBN, page 79:
- Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Motorola n (proper noun, strong, genitive Motorolas)
- Motorola (company)
Noun edit
Motorola n (strong, genitive Motorolas or Motorola, plural Motorolas or Motorola)
- Motorola (phone by that company)