The Greeks and Romans tended to credit nearly every location and ethnicity to a legendary eponym, Hellas to Hellen, Rome to Romulus, Egypt to Aegyptus, etc.
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Eponym
//ˈɛpənɪm//
Synonyms for "eponym" (31 found)
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8 entriesderived from
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6 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπωνυμία noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Belarusian
2 entries- эпані́м noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- эпані́м noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Bengali
1 entries- ব্যক্তির নামে নামাঙ্কিত noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- епоним noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- епоним noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Catalan
1 entries- epònim noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 名祖 noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Czech
1 entries- eponym noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Dutch
3 entries- eponiem noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponiem noun (word formed from a person’s name)
- naamgever noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Finnish
1 entries- eponyymi noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
French
2 entries- éponyme noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- éponyme noun (word formed from a person’s name)
German
3 entries- Eponym noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- Eponym noun (word formed from a person’s name)
- Namensgeber noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Hungarian
2 entries- eponima noun (word formed from a person’s name)
- névadó noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Irish
1 entries- eapainm noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Italian
2 entries- eponimo noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponimo noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Japanese
2 entries- エポニム noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- 名祖 noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Korean
1 entries- 명조 noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Latin
1 entries- eponymus noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Malay
1 entries- eponim noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Polish
2 entries- eponim noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponim noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Portuguese
4 entries- epónimo noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- epónimo noun (word formed from a person’s name)
- epônimo noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- epônimo noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Russian
4 entries- эпо́ним noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- эпо́ним noun (word formed from a person’s name)
- эпони́м noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- эпони́м noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Slovak
2 entries- eponym noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponymum noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Spanish
2 entries- epónimo noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- epónimo noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Swedish
2 entries- eponym noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponym noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Telugu
1 entries- నామకారకుడు noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Turkish
2 entries- ad veren noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- eponim noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- епо́нім noun (person's name that has given rise to the name of something)
- епо́нім noun (word formed from a person’s name)
Sample sentences
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Similar to the Greek eponymous archons and Roman consuls, the names of the annually appointed Assyrian limus were used for their years in office and they are accordingly also known as eponyms.
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Alexandria is an eponym, taken from its founder Alexander the Great.
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[Mesmer] lives on today as the root of the eponym mesmerize.
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