Avis

/ˈeɪvɪs/ noun

A car rental company, or the Latin word for bird used in scientific naming.

Latin 'avis' meaning 'bird', related to Greek 'aetos' (eagle). The car rental company, founded in 1946, chose this name possibly to suggest swift travel like a bird.

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