"AstraZeneca" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: The company was formed by the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca. Astra is from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ástron, “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 (ástron, “star”), {{noitalic|Twitter}} Twitter Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} AstraZeneca (uncountable)
  1. (neologism) The COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company. Wikipedia link: Astra AB, AstraZeneca, Twitter, Zeneca Tags: neologism, uncountable Categories (topical): Coronavirus
    Sense id: en-AstraZeneca-en-name-VvCA7aL3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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