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Motorola

/moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/

Motorola noun: a hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.

Noun

Motorola (plural Motorolas)

  1. 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 […]2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190
    • Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.2009, Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 2, Iraqi Perspectives, →ISBN, page 79

Forms of Motorola

pluralMotorolas

Origin of Motorola

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

Words that rhyme with Motorola

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Questions about Motorola

What does Motorola mean?
Motorola means a hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
What part of speech is Motorola?
Motorola is a noun.
How do you pronounce Motorola?
Motorola is pronounced /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/.
What is the plural of Motorola?
The plural of Motorola is Motorolas.

Words near Motorola in the dictionary

  1. motorneuronal
  2. motorneurone
  3. motorneurones
  4. motorneurons
  5. motornormativity
  6. Motorola
  7. Motorolas
  8. motorpathic
  9. motorpathy
  10. motorphobe
  11. motorphobes

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