"AstraZeneca" meaning in All languages combined

See AstraZeneca on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: AstraZenecas [plural]
Etymology: The company was formed by the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca. Astra is from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron, “star”), whereas Zeneca, the company stated, “is an invented name, created by an agency instructed to find a name which began with a letter from either the top or bottom of the alphabet and was phonetically memorable, of no more than three syllables and did not have an offensive meaning in any language.” Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ᾰ̓́στρον|t=star}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron, “star”), {{noitalic|Twitter}} Twitter Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|AstraZenecas}} AstraZeneca (countable and uncountable, plural AstraZenecas)
  1. (neologism) The COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company. Wikipedia link: Astra AB, AstraZeneca, Twitter, Zeneca Tags: countable, neologism, uncountable

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