Home › Words › M › motorolamotorola/moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/motorola means A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.motorola is pronounced /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/.EtymologyFrom motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.nounA hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).