Mazda

Etymology 1
From 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬂:, from. (cf. Ancient Greek μαθήσομαι:, Albanian mund, Gothic mundōn).

Proper noun

 * 1) Ahura Mazda, the supreme and transcendental god of Zoroastrianism.

Etymology 2
Supposedly from Ahura Mazda:. The Japanese name derives from its founder, Jujiro Matsuda.

Proper noun

 * 1) Mazda Motor Corporation, the Japanese automotive manufacturer マツダ株式会社 (Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha) founded in 1920 and based in Hiroshima.

Translations

 * Chinese: 馬自達, 马自达 (Mǎzìdá), 松田 (Sōngtián) (always for surname Matsuda and sometimes for the company name), 萬事得, 万事得 (in Hong Kong), pronounced Wànshìdé in Mandarin


 * Japanese: マツダ (Matsuda), sometimes 松田

Noun

 * 1) A vehicle of this brand, especially a car.
 * 2) * 2003, Kathy N. Jublou, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, HCI (publisher), ISBN 075730088X, page 20
 * Nicole and I met outside the church after my bell choir rehersal. I will never forget watching her climb out of her Mazda RX7 and just keep going up, up, up. She was tall, she was blond and she was gorgeous.
 * 1) * 2006-2007, Debi Wright, Out Of Your Mind, Traumatic Brain Injury, AuthorHouse, ISBN 1434329860, page 129
 * one of Skip’s friends from the fire department agreed to drive the U-haul with his girlfriend, pulling our Mazda behind, as we drove in the Bronco. I will never forget seeing our cats’ faces in the Mazda while we were following behind.
 * 1) * 2007, Jala Pfaff, Seducing the Rabbi, Blue Flax Press, ISBN 0977255808, page 310
 * ...seated atop a genuine (detached) commode of the white porcelain variety, which he had lugged at great hernia-inducing peril from the back of his Mazda to the Outdoor Cinema site, several blocks away.