(nin) can be translated as to "entrusted"; ten-dou means "heaven". Nissan – earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo, which means "Japan Industries" Nokia – started as a wood-pulp mill, the company expanded into producing rubber products in the Finnish town of Nokia. The company later adopted the town's name. Nortel Networks – named from Nortel (Northern Telecom) and Bay Networks. The company was originally spun off from the Bell Telephone Company of Canada Ltd in 1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing, and traded as Northern Electric from 1914 to 1976. Northrop Grumman – from the merger of Northrop Corporation, the third company named after Jack Northrop, and Grumman Aerospace Corporation, named after Leroy Grumman. Novartis – after the Latin expression "novae artes" which means something like "new skills" Novell – The name was suggested by founder George Canova's wife, who mistakenly thought that "novell" meant "new" in French, although in reality nouveau (masculine) and nouvelle (feminine) are the French words for "new". NTT – Nippon Telegraph & Telephone. Nucor - a portmanteau of its prior name, Nuclear Corporation of America. Nvidia (stylized as NVIDIA) – comes from "invidia" in Roman mythology; the Latin word for "envy". O OCZ – play on the word Overclockers OKI – from its founder Oki Kibatarō Olympus – Japanese company founded as Takachiho Seisakusho in 1919, where Takachiho referred to Takama-ga-hara, the home of the gods in Japanese mythology. It was renamed Olympus Optical Co., Ltd in 1949, after Mount Olympus, the home of the gods in Greek mythology, and then Olympus Corporation in 2003. The company had been using Olympus as a brand name for optical products such as microscopes since 1921. Onkyo – translates as "sound harmony". The Japanese audio company was founded as Osaka Denki Onkyo K.K in 1946. Ooyala – the word "ooyala" (ఉయ్యల) means "cradle" in Telugu, as in a "cradle of innovation". Oracle – Larry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner worked on a consulting project, code-named Oracle, for the CIA. The project was designed to use the new SQL database language from IBM. When the project was terminated, they decided to finish what they started and market it. Later they changed the name of their company, Relational Software Inc., to the name of the product. Ornge – new name (2006) for Ontario Air Ambulance, chosen to reflect the orange color of its aircraft. It was intended to