盖洛普

Gallup, Inc. - the polling firm founded by George Gallup (乔治·盖洛普) in 1935 - is the most cited name in 民意调查 (public-opinion surveys). In Chinese news "盖洛普" almost always refers to a poll result (盖洛普民调 / 盖洛普调查). The same name spells the New Mexico railroad town Gallup, NM, on Route 66.

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盖 (gài) ≈ "gal," 洛 (luò) ≈ "l," 普 (pǔ) ≈ "p" - three-syllable transliteration of "Gal-lup." The chosen characters are common in foreign-name renderings (洛 for "l" and 普 for "p/pu").