cisco
cisco Lexical Profile
cisco Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A major American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, renowned for manufacturing networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment.
"The university upgraded its entire IT infrastructure with new Cisco routers and enterprise network switches."
North American Any of several species of North American freshwater whitefish in the genus Coregonus, especially the lake herring, found predominantly in cold-water lakes such as the Great Lakes.
"The anglers set out early in the morning, hoping to catch a few cisco in the deep, cold waters of Lake Superior."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Cisco" refers either to a North American freshwater fish (lowercase) or, as a proper noun, to the prominent multinational technology corporation (capitalized).
• Rhymes for cisco
Word Origin & Etymology
The fish name derives from Canadian French, likely of Algonquian origin (possibly related to the Ojibwe word 'siscowet'). The technology company's name is a clipping of 'San Francisco', the city where it was founded in 1984.
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