Well attestedNamed from the place
Nokia
noun · first attested 20th century
The phone company is named for a river and a town.
A Finnish company, originally a paper mill.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Nokia
- In English
Nokia
The mill was founded on the Nokianvirta river, and the town of Nokia grew around it. The name long predates the telephones.
Finland
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