Yahoo!

See also: Yahoo and yahoo

English

Etymology

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the name itself is an acronym for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”, incorporated 1995. However, other sources claim the main inspiration by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo originates from Yahoo, the race of barbaric beings from the Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels (perhaps with a semantic notion of strongly exploring the then-"wild" late 90s Internet), thence the acronym apparently being a backronym. Also compare Etymology 2 of yahoo; the exclamation point was supposedly added to "strengthen" the trademark.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Yahoo!

1. (Internet, trademark) A web portal and search engine located at yahoo.com.

Derived terms

• Yahoo
• Yahoo boy

Translations

a popular web portal

• Arabic: يَاهُو! m (yāhū!), يَاهُو m (yāhū)
• Armenian: Յահու (Yahu)
• Belarusian: Яху́! m (Jaxú!), Яху́ m (Jaxú)
• Bengali: ইয়াহু! (bn) (iẏahu!), ইয়াহু (bn) (iẏahu)
• Bihari: याहू!, याहू
• Bulgarian: Яху́! m (Jahú!), Яху́ m (Jahú)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅虎！ (zh) (Yǎhǔ!), 雅虎 (zh) (Yǎhǔ)

• Estonian: Yahoo! (et)
• Fiji Hindi: Yahoo!
• Finnish: Yahoo!
• Georgian: იაჰუ (iahu)
• Greek: Γιάχου! (el) (Giáchou!), Γιάχου (el) (Giáchou)
• Hindi: याहू! (yāhū!), याहू (yāhū)
• Japanese: ヤフー！ (Yafū!), ヤフー (Yafū)
• Korean: 야후! (Yahu!), 야후 (Yahu)
• Macedonian: Јаху! m (Jahu!), Јаху m (Jahu)
• Malay: Yahoo!
• Marathi: याहू! n (yāhū!), याहू n (yāhū)
• Nepali: याहू! (yāhū!)
• Persian: یاهو! (fa) (yâhu!), یاهو (fa) (yâhu)
• Portuguese: Yahoo m
• Russian: Яху́! (ru) m (Jaxú!), Яху́ (ru) m (Jaxú)
• Sanskrit: याहू! n (yāhū!)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јаху! m (Jahu!), Јаху m (Jahu)

• Swedish: Yahoo!
• Thai: ยาฮู! (yaahoo!), ยาฮู (yaahoo)
• Turkish: Yahoo!
• Ukrainian: Яху́! m (Jaxú!), Яху́ m (Jaxú)
• Urdu: یاہو! (yāhū!), یاہو (yāhū)

Anagrams

• ooyah