Motorola

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Motorola

/moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.

noun Motorolas

A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company. […] 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 […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nyse, courtesy, morse key, moto, motor-cycle, motorbicycle, motorcycle, power mike, mazda, motor cop, motorcicle, moto-x, motophone, motor-cycles, motard, motor city

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"Motorola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/motorola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Motorola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/motorola

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"Motorola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/motorola.

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@misc{motorola_2026,
  title = {Motorola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motorola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}