Disney en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɪzni/
Etymology
English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.
Meanings
- A surname from Old French.
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The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney.
Have you seen Disney's latest film?
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(informal) Any of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
And they included children down the seashore, they included going to the mountains; our first Disney child was not until 1978, no, ’77. […] I mean, when you say to somebody, “I’m going to give you a trip to Disney,” or “I’m going to buy you a Cabbage Patch doll,” and we’re doing this for you for absolutely nothing, that’s a reward in itself.
1990, Bill Berkowitz with Bill Sample (interviewee), Local Heroes, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 261:If they found any phone number from the U.S., anything, they’d deport us right away because we came here on excursion with a whole bunch of people that was going to visit Disney. That’s what everybody usually do: They say, We going to visit Disney, and we going to stay there for a week, and then we going to go back, but they end up staying.
2008, Doug Stumpf, Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 155:We went to Disney with the kids this summer.
I had decided to take them, my niece, and three nephews to Disney in Orlando, FL. I was going to try and make history. I was going to make an attempt at escorting more than four Dredd kids to Disney at once and live to tell about it.
2009, Cleo Stinyard III, Sex, Love, & Consequences, →ISBN, page 213:Angela asked if we could treat ourselves to a few days at Disney. […] The week included a couple of days in Disney, Dad’s 70ᵗʰ birthday and then the long trip home.
2008, Flay Scott, The Inheritance, page 3:
- A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Wesley E. Disney.
Deriveds
Disneybounder · Disney World · Disneyize · Disneyphobe · Disney parent · Disneyfy · Disney point · Disney adult · Disneyland · Disneyana · Disneybounding · Disneybound · Dickney · Disneyness · Disneyfication · Disney rash · Disneyization · Disneyverse · Disneyan · Disneyphobia · Disneyesque · Disneyworld · Disneyphilia · Disney money · Disneyphile · Disneyish
Translations (47)
th ดิสนีย์ (surname) · bg Уолт Дисни Къмпани (Walt Disney Company) · ru Компа́ния Уо́лт Ди́сней (Walt Disney Company) · bn ডিজনি (surname) · cmn 迪斯尼 (Disney theme park) · vi Đi-xnây (surname) · hi डिज़्नी (Walt Disney Company) · fi Disneyland (Disney theme park) · hi डिज़्नी (Disney theme park) · ru Ди́сней (Walt Disney Company) · cmn 迪斯尼 (Walt Disney Company) · ta டிஸ்னி (Walt Disney Company) · am ዲስኒ (surname) · pt Disney (Disney theme park) · it Disney (Walt Disney Company) · he דיסני (surname) · ja ディズニー (surname) · it Disney (surname) · ko 디즈니 (surname) · el Ντίσνεϋ (surname) · cmn 迪士尼乐园 (Disney theme park) · mr डिज्नी (surname) · cmn 迪士尼 (Walt Disney Company) · pl Disney (surname) · ur ڈزنی (surname) · ar دِيزْنِي (surname) · ru Ди́сней (surname) · cmn 迪斯尼 (surname) · ar شَرِكَة وَالْت دِيزْنِي (Walt Disney Company) · cmn 迪士尼 (Disney theme park) · ru Уо́лт Ди́сней Ка́мпани (Walt Disney Company) · mr वॉल्ट डिज्नी कंपनी (Walt Disney Company) · he חברת וולט דיסני (Walt Disney Company) · tr Walt Disney Şirketi (Walt Disney Company) · pt Disney (surname) · pl Disneyland (Disney theme park) · fa دیزنی (surname) · it Disneyland (Disney theme park) · pl Disney (Walt Disney Company) · ta டிஸ்னி (surname) · eo Diznej (surname) · ja ウォルト・ディズニー・カンパニー (Walt Disney Company) · pt Disney (Walt Disney Company) · hi वॉल्ट डिज़्नी कंपनी (Walt Disney Company) · te డిస్నీ (surname) · hi डिज़्नी (surname) · ur والٹ ڈزنِی کمپنی (Walt Disney Company)