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Disney

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An American film maker who created Mickey Mouse and started Disneyland
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdɪzni/
translation icon : Walt Disney
  • The first time Rachel saw Disney's Pinocchio, she started screeching when the Blue Fairy came on screen.
  • Walt Disney

and even at Pixar made movies in the style of Walt Disney and

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Examples

  • The first movie I ever saw was the Walt Disney cartoon The Three Little Pigs.

  • I've hired a crew of experts from Walt Disney Studios, the best wildlife cinematographers around.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You want to go to Disney World without the kids?

  • I want to talk about Walt Disney and Disney.

  • It's a, it's a cartoon produced by Disney for four year old kids.

  • Tim: Our honeymoon was spent at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Disney intended for the city of Epcot to be a utopian community near Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

    Academic text (2008)
  • An image of a contented Baloo from Disney's Jungle Book came to her mind.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Surely this is the opposite of Disney's bizarre juxtaposition of vignettes from foreign parts?

    Academic text (1990)
  • Walt Disney created beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, which became iconic in animated film history.

Synonyms

Walt Disney
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An American movie maker who created famous cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse

is the family name used as the headword rather than the short personal name
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An American film producer and cartoon maker who founded Disneyland

is the family name used as the headword rather than the full legal name

Compounds

A large theme park and resort near Orlando, Florida with many rides and shows

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Disney is the family name of Walt Disney and comes from the old form d'Isigny, which meant 'from Isigny', a place in France. So when people say Disney they often mean the man who created Mickey Mouse.