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[LeonidasXIV]

> Toyota

Actually, Toyota[1] (豊田) is indeed a Japanese town, not even particularly small and is the home of Toyota Motor Corporation.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota,_Aichi

[Pxtl → LeonidasXIV]

But it's not. The town is named after the company, not the other way around.

The company, in turn, is named after the Toyoda family that founded it. The spelling was changed for aesthetics and connotation.

So yeah, made-up word.

[serf → LeonidasXIV]

You'll transcribe the kanji, but you won't read the goddamn article?

"The area was a major producer of silk and prospered from the Meiji period through the Taishō periods. As the demand for raw silk declined in Japan and abroad, Koromo entered a period of gradual decline after 1930.[2] The decline encouraged Kiichiro Toyoda, cousin of Eiji Toyoda, to look for alternatives to the family's automatic loom manufacturing business. The search led to the founding of what became the Toyota Motor Corporation.

On March 1, 1951, Koromo gained city status, and absorbed the village of Takahashi from Nishikamo District on September 30, 1956. Due to the fame and economic importance of its major employer, the city of Koromo (挙母市?) changed its name to Toyota on January 1, 1959."

[icebraining → LeonidasXIV]

Same with Nokia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland