Jeep Origins

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Jeep:
1941, Amer.Eng. military slang, from G.P. "general purpose (car)," but influenced by Eugene the Jeep (who had extraordinary powers but only said "jeep"), from E.C. Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theater" (also home of Popeye the Sailor). Eugene the Jeep first appeared in the strip March 13, 1936.

- Per Dictionary.com

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Translations of 'JEEP' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense 1: a kind of small motor vehicle used especially by the armed forces.
a jealous husband.

JEEP in Afrikaans: jeep
JEEP in Arabic: سَيّارة جيب
JEEP in Bulgarian: джип(ка)
JEEP in Breton: jipe
JEEP in Czech: džíp
JEEP in German: der Jeep
JEEP in Danish: jeep
JEEP in Greek: τζιπ
JEEP in Spanish: todoterreno
JEEP in Estonian: maastikuauto
JEEP in Farsi: جیپ
JEEP in Finnish: jeeppi
JEEP in French: jeep
JEEP in Hebrew: גִ'יפ
JEEP in Hindi: जीप
JEEP in Croatian: džip
JEEP in Hungarian: dzsip
JEEP in Indonesian: jip
JEEP in Icelandic: jeppi
JEEP in Italian: jeep
JEEP in Japanese: ジープ
JEEP in Korean: 지프
JEEP in Lithuanian: džipas
JEEP in Latvian: džips
JEEP in Malay: jip
JEEP in Dutch: jeep
JEEP in Norwegian: jeep
JEEP in Polish: łazik
JEEP in Persian: جیپ
JEEP in Pashto: جيپ ( موټر ) يو ډول موټر
JEEP in Portuguese: jipe
JEEP in Romanian: jeep
JEEP in Russian: джип
JEEP in Slovak: džíp
JEEP in Slovenian: džip
JEEP in Serbian: džip
JEEP in Swedish: jeep
JEEP in Thai: รถจี๊ป
JEEP in Turkish: cip
JEEP in Taiwanese: 吉普車
JEEP in Ukrainian: джип; всюдихід
JEEP in Urdu: فوج میں استعمال ہونے والی
JEEP in Vietnamese: xe jip
JEEP in Chinese: 吉普车
 
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