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Lego is an abbreviation of leg godt which means “play well.”
Volvo comes from the Latin word "volvo", which means "I roll".
Spam is a portmanteau of Spiced Ham
Pez comes from the first, middle and last letters of the German language word "Pfefferminz", meaning "peppermint".
Haribo – from the name of the founder and the German home town of the company: Hans Riegel, Bonn
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Argos is named after the Greek city Argos because the founder, Richard Tompkins, was on holiday there when he had the idea for the store.
