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Dinka is an Automotive manufacturer in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, Chinatown Wars, V and Online. It is based on Honda, although it produces some vehicles that look nothing like a Honda.
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== Name Interpretations ==
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Dinka means/is following:
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* the name of a tribe in South Sudan
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* a wordplay on "dink", a racist term for Asians
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* a play on Dinky Toys, a British die-cast toy car maker, the term was later used for small, cheaply built cars, as Japanese car manufacturers exported such cars to North America during 1970s
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* a Croatian female name derived from the Arabic name Dina meaning "obedience" and "long-lasting rain". The latter could be a reference to Honda's large motorcycles having performance and reliability issues when ridden relatively long distances on the US highways.

Latest revision as of 17:54, 15 February 2019

Dinka is an Automotive manufacturer in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, Chinatown Wars, V and Online. It is based on Honda, although it produces some vehicles that look nothing like a Honda.

Name Interpretations

Dinka means/is following:

  • the name of a tribe in South Sudan
  • a wordplay on "dink", a racist term for Asians
  • a play on Dinky Toys, a British die-cast toy car maker, the term was later used for small, cheaply built cars, as Japanese car manufacturers exported such cars to North America during 1970s
  • a Croatian female name derived from the Arabic name Dina meaning "obedience" and "long-lasting rain". The latter could be a reference to Honda's large motorcycles having performance and reliability issues when ridden relatively long distances on the US highways.