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Re:Show HN: need a name for your new startup? We just launch... by feiern on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @10:37AM (#3822331)
I think this is a great idea with lots of potential, because one can easily put too much effort into the naming of things (as every hacker knows it's the only difficult thing besides cache invalidation).

But I have to ask: Why did you call your company "Nomvilla"? And am I right that it basically means "House of Names"?

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Re:Show HN: need a name for your new startup? We just launch... by keiferski on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @10:42AM (#3822349)
Yep, you've got it. Nom is the Latin root for "name" and the N-vowel-M form lends it to basically every Western European language (Nom in French, Nome in Italian, Nombre in Spanish, Namn in Swedish, etc.)

A villa is an upscale country house, usually in the Mediterranean or S America. Together they mean "a high class naming house", which is the brand we're trying to convey.

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