Meanings
plural Motorolas
- A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.
2009, Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 2, Iraqi Perspectives, →ISBN, page 791 more example
[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190
Origin
From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
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Motorola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Motorola
“Motorola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Motorola. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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