Airbus

/ˈɛərbʌs/ noun

Definition

A passenger aircraft, especially one designed to carry a large number of people on commercial airline routes.

Etymology

From 'air' plus 'bus' (short for 'omnibus,' from Latin meaning 'for all'), creating a term for a large aircraft that carries many passengers like a bus.

Kelly Says

The term 'airbus' was popularized to describe commercial passenger planes as practical 'people movers' for the sky—it's basically saying planes are just flying buses, which really captures how routine air travel has become!

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