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Sonynoun
An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.
Etymology: * A combination of sonus and sonny
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Sony
Sony Group Corporation (ソニーグループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu kabushiki gaisha, SOH-nee) (also known as Sony Corporation, commonly known as Sony, stylized as SONY and abbreviated as Sony Group Corp.) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony Entertainment Inc, it is one of the largest music companies (largest music publisher and second largest record label) and the third largest film studio, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. It is the largest technology and media conglomerate in Japan. It is also recognized as the most cash-rich Japanese company, with net cash reserves of ¥2 trillion.Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for a television of at least 55 inches (140 centimeters) with a price higher than $2,500 as well as second largest TV brand by market share and, as of 2020, the third largest television manufacturer in the world by annual sales figures.Sony Group Corporation is the holding company of the Sony Group (ソニー・グループ, Sonī Gurūpu), which comprises Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Entertainment (Sony Pictures, Sony Music), Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Group, Sony Creative Products, and others. The company's slogan is We are Sony. Their former slogans were The One and Only (1979–1982), It's a Sony (1981–2005), like.no.other (2005–2009), make.believe (2009–2013), and Be Moved (2013–2021). Sony has a weak tie to the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) corporate group, the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu. Sony is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (in which it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indexes) with an additional listing in the form of American depositary receipts listed in the New York Stock Exchange (traded since 1970, making it the oldest Japanese company to be listed in an American exchange), and was ranked 88th on the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sony is ranked #100302 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sony surname appeared 180 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sony.
58.8% or 106 total occurrences were Asian.
18.3% or 33 total occurrences were White.
10% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
8.8% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
3.8% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for SONY »
syon
nosy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SONY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SONY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of SONY in a Sentence
Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz:
We are pleased to hear that Sony is actively working to distribute the film, people should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they would like to see it.
It is very smart of Sony to sell 'Spider-Man' this holiday season: that blockbuster alone will help generate a lot of buzz and is of course a system seller, too.
[' Venom' ] could fail if fanboys and fangirls dismiss it as a cash-grab by Sony and cry foul on social media.
I've been in the house a lot. I went from the Sony Studios to shoot ‘The Morning Show,’ back to my house.
I wouldn’t be surprised if something like that happens in the future because it is something that we internally at ‘Shark Tank,’ along with Sony and ABC, have discussed.
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- SonyDanish
- sonyGerman
- sonyGreek
- sonyEsperanto
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- SONYPersian
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- סוניHebrew
- ソニーJapanese
- ಸೋನಿKannada
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- SonyRomanian
- сониRussian
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- சோனிTamil
- సోనీTelugu
- sonyThai
- sonyTurkish
- SonyUkrainian
- سونیUrdu
- sonyVietnamese
- sonyYiddish
- 索尼Chinese
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