Which major language technology company avoided a potential branding disaster when they discovered their product name meant something inappropriate in another language?

In today's global marketplace, linguistic choices in branding can make or break a product's success. Language specialists play crucial roles in marketing departments worldwide, ensuring brand names, slogans, and messaging resonate across cultures. This trivia question explores a famous case study of linguistic market research that changed a major product launch strategy and potentially saved millions in rebranding costs.

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Duolingo had to rename their 'Lingot' virtual currency in certain markets when they discovered it was slang for an intimate body part in Brazilian Portuguese
Google's translation service was initially named 'Verbo' until linguistic research revealed this meant 'rash' or 'pimple' in several Scandinavian languages
Microsoft's speech recognition software 'Cortana' was originally called 'Alva' until they found it was an offensive term in Arabic
Rosetta Stone nearly launched their Japanese program under the name 'Kaiko', only to learn it closely resembled a Korean profanity