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  2. MG Motor - Wikipedia

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    MG was established in 1924 by Cecil Kimber in Oxford, UK. After a series of ownership changes, including a merger with Austin to form the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and later British Leyland, MG faced financial struggles in the late 20th century.

  3. List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    opete(archaic but preserved by the maroons, now replaced by John Crow, a Fante slaveseller. Contemporary Jamaicans use the term John Crow to mean vulture and as an insult to mean a traitor or evil person.) "vulture" [7] Paki Akan apakyi calabash [15] Patu Akan Patu "owl" [7] Printing Man Asante-Akan Aprentengman a type of drum used in Kete and ...

  4. MG Cars - Wikipedia

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    There was a brief competitive history with a mid-engined, six-cylinder version of the Metro. The MG Metro finished production in 1990 on the launch of a Rover-only model. The MG Maestro and MG Montego remained on sale until 1991, when Rover cut production of these models to concentrate on the more modern 200 Series and 400 Series. High ...

  5. Country of origin - Wikipedia

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    Country of origin labelling (COL) is also known as place-based branding, the made-in image or the "nationality bias". In some regions or industries, country of origin labelling may adopt unique local terms such as terroir used to describe wine appellations based on the specific region where grapes are grown and wine manufactured.

  6. Gender-neutral title - Wikipedia

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    The Latin neutral form of "tor" and "trix", is "trum". Mont is a nature-oriented choice. It can be a reference to the root of the origin word for Mr/Ms, which is Magis. Magis means great or high. Mg stands for Magis. Related to Magister, an origin word for Mr/Ms. Pr is short for the word "person", pronounced "per". [9]

  7. MG4 EV - Wikipedia

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    First released in June 2022 as the MG Mulan in China (later renamed to MG4 EV in August 2023), [6] it was introduced in Europe in July 2022. [ 7 ] The MG4 EV is the first vehicle to be based on SAIC's battery-electric Modular Scalable Platform (marketed as the Nebula platform in China).

  8. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    When avoiding specifying a person, place or thing, 某 bō can be used as a modifier to a noun to mean 'unnamed' or 'certain/particular' (e.g. 某政治家 bō seijika, "a certain politician"). When referring to multiple people or when keeping people anonymous, it is also common to use A, B, C, etc., with or without honorifics.

  9. Lucozade - Wikipedia

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    Lucozade is a British brand of soft drinks and energy drinks manufactured and marketed by the Japanese company Suntory.Created as "Glucozade" in the UK in 1927 by a Newcastle pharmacist, William Walker Hunter [1] (trading as W. Owen & Son), [a] it was acquired by the British pharmaceutical company Beecham's in 1938 and sold as Lucozade, an energy drink for the sick. [1]