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The company and brand name BMW is derived from the initials of the Bayerische Motoren Werke in German or Bavarian Motor Works in English. BMW emerged from a renaming of the aircraft engine manufacturer Rapp Motorenwerke in 1917, located in Munich, the capital of the State of Bavaria. |

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