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Sony

proper noun

  1. Japanese corporation
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊni/ / /ˈsoʊni/ / /ˈsəʉni/

name

Etymology: A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).

  1. An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.

    “he mostly makes videos—virtually reinventing the diary form with his Sony 8 scrapbook.”

    “Bernstein always understood this symphony, and his Sony recording was for many years one of the best.”

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of sonny.

    “He often would say, ‘My father will not come from Washington time enough to see his sony.'”