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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject: Meaning of Korean company names |
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Hyundai (현대): modern
Samsung (삼성): three stars
Kia (기아): rising from Asia (maybe that's wrong... 起亞 is hanja)
Daewoo (대우): big universe
Hanjin (한진): Advancing Korea (again, maybe wrong.. 韓進)
Sansu: (산수): Mountain water
Anyone know what Daelim (대림) means?
Any other major companies I missed? Probably... |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: yes |
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I always thought Kia was an acronym. Like "Korean something automotive" or something like that. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: yes |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
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Hehe yeah that's what I always think of too, but is it really that? Great forest? What the hell does that have to do with making motorcycles and such? |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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LG: Lucky Goldstar.
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DaeSung
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 am Post subject: |
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LG does have the meaning of Lucky Goldstar, but that is a more recent version. The company originally was 락희화학공업사 (the first part sounds alot like lucky) a chemical company and 금성(GuemSung or Gold Star) electronics. Later on they change it to Lucky Goldstar and then to Just LG. Officially LG doesn't stand for Lucky Goldstar it is just the name of the company. GS also broke off of LG.
SK is (대한석유공사) basically it was an oil/energy company. |
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