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Lacoste (French pronunciation:; Occitan: La Còsta) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Its population doubles in size during the height of the summer tourist season.
Lacoste S.A. is a French luxury sports fashion company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, and entrepreneur André Gillier. It sells clothing, ...
Pierre Lacoste (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ lakɔst]; 23 January 1924 – 13 January 2020) was a French marine officer and government official. [1] He served as President of the Fédération des professionnels de l'intelligence économique in 2006.
Jean René Lacoste (2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; [ 2 ] he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt , which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933.
Robert George (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ ʁɔbɛʁ]; 10 June 1893 – 23 October 1985) was a French ice hockey player. [2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics. [3] He was a friend of René Lacoste, and designed the crocodile logo on the Lacoste tennis shirt. [3]
Tecnifibre is a French manufacturer of sporting equipment, specializing in tennis and squash.It was founded in 1979 by the current CEO Thierry Maissant. Throughout its development, Tecnifibre has built itself a worldwide reputation in the tennis and squash market, releasing rackets, bags, strings, apparel and other accessories.
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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).