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.
The name Avis cleverly plays on multiple meanings - while officially from founder Warren Avis's surname, it coincidentally means 'bird' in Latin, perfectly capturing the essence of flight and swift movement that car rental customers desire.
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