sonus

But Morita renamed it Sony 12 years later in a typically farsighted move, finding a Western root for the name in sonus, the Latin word for sound.

'We Have Lost A Very Important Player' 2008

It's actually a combination of 'sonus,' a Latin word for sound and

Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

Sony is claimed to be derived from both "sonus", Latin for sound, and "sonny", because they liked the suggestion of youth that it provided.

languagehat.com: JAPANESE COMPANY NAMES. 2005

Within a few years, the company's founders wanted a new name, so they combined sonus, Latin for "sound," with "Sonny," the term of endearment for a young boy.

How 16 Electronics Companies Got Their Names 2009

Behind a wall of glass, on a prominent pedestal, stands one of the original tape recorders produced in 1950 by a new enterprise called Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Co. (thankfully, the familiar name combining the Latin sonus and "sonny boy" came a few years later).

Sony's New Day 2007

[2491] Omnes se terrent aurae, sonus excitat omnis.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Tanta gratia vocis famam conciliabat, saith Petronius [5079] in his fragment of pure impurities, I mean his Satyricon, tam dulcis sonus permulcebat aera, ut putares inter auras cantare

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Leucippe went in, suavissimus exaudiri sonus caepit Austin de civ.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

A few years later I was in Japan with Susan Sontag, and I met Mr. [Akio] Morita, the head of Sony, and an adviser who had come up with the company's name — from sonus, the Latin for 'sound.'

The Subject as Star Colacello, Bob 2006

A few years later I was in Japan with Susan Sontag, and I met Mr. [Akio] Morita, the head of Sony, and an adviser who had come up with the company's name — from sonus, the Latin for 'sound.'

The Subject as Star Colacello, Bob 2006