ASTINA - The origin of the word

[323AST]

Can someone shed some light as to why they are named ASTINA, What does the word mean?

[Rupewrecht]

I've tried to find out a few times in the past - i've emailed Mazda Australia and they've got no clue - they just give me the generic answer of 'it embodies the spirit and passion of the mazda brand" or somesuch nonsense :roll:

Astina is actually a type of lettuce, tho :lol: :lol: :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

As Tina would say...

Zoom Zoom

*runs away*

[BigBoyLemonade]

LMFAO @ lettuce

[KittyKatSmack]

Astina is actually a type of lettuce, tho :lol: :lol: :lol:

Let me guess, a dark coloured lettuce... a noble green lettuce?

Well... it would explain the popularity of Noble Green, and we can't leave out the Sparkle Greeners either, they can be baby lettuce....

:lol:

[Rupewrecht]

Nah, i was wrong - it's a type of pea!

"Astina: a medium size green field pea"

but interestingly, Astina is a balinese word for 'name of a kingdom in the Mahabrata story'

More about it here (http://www.info-indo.com/wayang/sundanesepuppet.htm), but whether thisis where the name came from - who knows?

[Aaron]

Obviously the Pea/Lettuce thing is the real reason though ;)