Meta
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English
Etymology 1
The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience.
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- Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
- (historical, 2010–2022) Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.
Etymology 2
Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official, from German Meta.
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- A city in Osage County, Missouri.
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Albanian
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- a surname originating as a patronymic
Danish
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- a female given name, a 19th century variant of Mette (=Margaret)
Estonian
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- a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret
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German
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- a female given name, variant of Margarete, popular in Germany around 1900
Italian
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References
- ^ Meta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Spanish
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- a department of Colombia