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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDow Jones
Pronunciation / Transliteration: daʊ dʒonz
"Le Dow Jones a clôturé en hausse aujourd'hui."
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Short for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
"The Dow surged by over three hundred points following the positive employment report."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the surname of Charles Dow, an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company and created the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the late 19th century. Over time, the proper noun became a widely accepted standard shorthand term within global financial markets.
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Dow Jones
Transliteration: daʊ dʒonz
"Le Dow Jones a clôturé en hausse aujourd'hui."
Dow-Jones-Index
Transliteration: daʊ ˈdʒoːns ˈɪndɛks
"Der Dow-Jones-Index erreichte ein neues Rekordhoch."
Dow Jones
Transliteration: daʊ ˈdʒonz
"Il Dow Jones ha registrato una forte crescita."
Dow Jones
Transliteration: daʊ ˈdʒons
"El índice Dow Jones cerró con ganancias."
Dow Jones
Transliteration: daʊ ˈdʒõjs
"O Dow Jones fechou em alta nesta sessão."
डाउ जोंस
Transliteration: dau jons
"आज शेयर बाजार में डाउ जोंस में तेजी दर्ज की गई।"
道琼斯指数
Transliteration: dào qióng sī zhǐ shù
"道琼斯指数今天表现强劲。"
다우존스
Transliteration: da-u-jon-seu
"오늘 다우존스 지수는 상승 마감했습니다."
ダウ工業株30種平均
Transliteration: da.u kō.gyō.kabū san.jū.shu hei.kin
Script: ダウ平均
"本日のダウ平均株価は大幅に下落した。"
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