Why did they name the supersonic transport built by France and England Concorde?

Answer 1

The name means armony, peace. remeber that being that airplane a collaboration between 2 countries with different languages, the name had to be a word that is the same in the 2 languages, or at least not very different. for a short period there was a discussion if call it "Concord" or "Concorde", the first is the English word, the second is the French word.
Then they chose "Concorde" and in England the final "e" is justified as the first letter of England.

Answer 2

Mainly, because the French participant (Sud Aviation) originally called their supersonic transport the Super Caravelle, to tie in with their Caravelle brand. When the project became a joint Anglo-French one, the French wanted to hang on to the "C" of Caravelle, and so came up with Concorde with the meaning of alliance or agreement or harmony (this was early 1963, with President de Gaulle very much concerned about French stature and pride). In Britain, the project hadn't yet got a name, merely a project number (BAC 221), so the French name was adopted, with the English spelling (Concord); this was at the end of 1963.

For the next 4 years, the two spellings were used for their respective country's programs, until the first prototype Concorde was rolled out (it was in France, so had the "e").

At the ceremony, the British technology minister announced that the British aircraft would assume the French spelling, with the "e", he claimed, standing for "excellence, England, Europe and entente". ("entente" as in "entente cordiale").

[ Britain's Concordes made far more money for their operators than their French counterparts, so I'm sure no one really minds. ]

[ And yes, the world is round. I've seen it. From, naturally, a Concorde: G-BOAG. ]

Answer 3

Concorde was built by the UK and France in an agreement between the two countries. See below for meaning of the word, it should be self-evident as to why it was named Concorde!

con·cord (kŏn'kôrd', kŏng'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
Grammar Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.
Music A harmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones.


[Middle English concorde, from Old French, from Latin concordia, from concors, concord-, agreeing : com-, com- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

Answer 4

"Concorde" means peace and harmony.

Answer 5

for the same reason that they named the aircraft maker in america Boeing

Answer 6

A bunch of wineo's designed it

Answer 7

Why not?