Sprite
Pronunciation: /spɹaɪt/
The English word “Sprite” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
Etymology
In the early 1940s, Coca-Cola started running an advertising campaign featuring an elf-like figure called “Sprite Boy” (see sprite (“elf”)). The name originated from the previous Coca-Cola campaign, but it was a focus group that ultimately chose the name “Sprite”.
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