"Spotify" meaning in English

See Spotify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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Etymology: According to co-founder Daniel Ek, "Spotify" is a mishearing from a name shouted by Martin Lorentzon; they retroactively coined its etymology as a combination of spot + identify. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spot|identify}} spot + identify Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Spotify
  1. An online music and audio streaming service founded in 2006 in Stockholm by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. Wikipedia link: en:Spotify Categories (topical): Music, Websites Translations (audio streaming service): ስፖቲፋይ (səpotifay) (Amharic), Spotifajo (Esperanto), Spotify [masculine] (Italian), Spotify (Norwegian Bokmål), Spotify (Norwegian Nynorsk), Spotify [neuter] (Swedish)
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