Toyota
/tɔɪˈəʊtə/US/tɔɪˈoʊtə/
Toyota proper noun: a surname from Japanese.
Proper noun
Toyota (countable and uncountable, plural Toyotas)
- 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.
- So vehicles, like some Toyota Corollas, have a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close to reaching such speeds.2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business
- A brand of car manufactured by Toyota.
- It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 139
Noun
Toyota (plural Toyotas)
- A car of the brand Toyota
Toyota meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic
Toyota in Hindi
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- टोयोटा ṭoyoṭā
Toyota in Marathi
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- टोयोटा ṭoyoṭā
Toyota in Urdu
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- ٹویوٹا ṭoyoṭā
Toyota in Arabic
- city in the Aichi Prefecture
- تُويُوتَا tuyūtā
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- تُويُوتَا toyotā
More languagesFewer languages
- Toyota in Persian
- تویوتا toyotâ
Forms of Toyota
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Toyotas |
| Noun | |
| plural | Toyotas |
Origin of Toyota
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.
Words formed from Toyota
Words that rhyme with Toyota
Questions about Toyota
- What does Toyota mean?
- Toyota means a surname from Japanese.
- What is Toyota in Hindi?
- Toyota in Hindi is टोयोटा (ṭoyoṭā). See Toyota meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Toyota?
- Toyota can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Toyota?
- Toyota is pronounced /tɔɪˈəʊtə/ (UK).
Words near Toyota in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Toyota (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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