that used to be a trademark
Spelementary
world cities
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Before and After
100

A company of the same name trademarked this term for solid carbon dioxide in 1925

Dry Ice

100

Calcium +
iron

cafe

100

This Egyptian city is the most populous in Africa & the Middle East

Cairo

100

To pull an entire plant out of the ground

uproot

100

Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor

Stuart Little Dipper

200

In 1950 the Otis Company lost its trademark on this word derived from the Latin scala, "ladder"

an escalator

200

Titanium + Phosphorus + Sulfur

Tips

200

A monument at St. John's Church in this Indian city remembers the victims of the "black hole"

Calcutta

200

The stuffing & covering of furniture

upholstery

200

A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's

French Quarter Pounder

300

In a 1965 case that swung from a district court to an appeals court, Donald F. Duncan lost a trademark on the name of this toy

yo-yo

300

Lithium + nitrogen + potassium

Link

300

When Vietnam was reunified in 1976, Saigon was renamed this

Ho Chi Minh City

300

The parts of a football goal post: 1 post, 1 crossbar, 2 of these

upright

300

Santa Clause exclamation to the first president of Vietnam 

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

400

Westinghouse first trademarked this word as the name of a washing machine; now it refers to an establishment

laundromat 

400

Tungsten + argon + phosphorus

warp

400

More diamonds are cut and traded in this Belgian port city than anywhere else in the world

Antwerp 

400

Your elegible for one of these every couple of years with your phone carrier 

upgrade

400

A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down

Eiffel Tower of Babel

500

B.F. Goodrich once owned this word for the "hookless slide fastener" on its rubber boots

zipper

500

Silver + nobelium + sulfur + titanium + carbon

agnostic 

500

This capital of New South Wales is Australia's oldest British settlement

Sydney 

500

process involves transforming old or discarded materials into new products of higher value or quality.

upcycle 

500

Margaret Mitchell's magnum opus soars with a Bette Midler smash

Gone with the Wind Beneath My Wings