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List of portmanteaus

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This is a selection of portmanteau words.

Animals[edit]

Hybrids[edit]

Cats[edit]

  • leopon, from leopard and lion[2]
  • liger, from lion and tiger (progeny of male lion and tigress) cf. tiglon/tigon below[2]
  • tigon, from tiger and lion (progeny of male tiger and lioness) cf. liger above[2]

Mixed breeds[edit]

Dogs[edit]

Fictional[edit]

Art, literature and entertainment[edit]

Fashion and apparel[edit]

Cuisine[edit]

Hybrids[edit]

General[edit]

Internet and computing[edit]

Organizations and companies[edit]

Places[edit]

Politics[edit]

Economics[edit]

Movements[edit]

Sciences[edit]

Sports and fitness[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. Originally spelled "Alsthom", the "h" was removed in 2008 (the company was named GEC-Alsthom at the time).
  2. Influence from googolplex.
  3. Through the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho and Tokyo Denki became Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K.
  4. Sometimes Cianjur also included, became Jabodetabekjur or Jabodetabekpunjur.[46]

External links[edit]

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