Mazda

From Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬂 (Mazdå, "wisdom"), from Proto-Indo-European *mehndh- ("to pay attention to, wisdom"). (compare Ancient Greek μανθάνω, Albanian mund, Gothic mundōn).

Full definition of Mazda

Proper noun

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

Supposedly from Mazda and name of the founder of corporation, Jujiro Matsuda.

Proper noun

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

Noun

1. A vehicle of this brand, especially a car.
• 2003, Kathy N. Jublou, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, HCI (publisher), ISBN 075730088X, page 20Nicole 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.
• 2006-2007, Debi Wright, Out Of Your Mind, Traumatic Brain Injury, AuthorHouse, ISBN 1434329860, page 129one 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.
• 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.

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