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EponymicEponymic Ep`o*nym"ic, a.
Same as Eponymous.
Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet). Eponymist
Eponymist E*pon"y*mist, n.
One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its
name; an eponym.
Eponymy
Eponymy E*pon"y*my, n. [Gr. ? a surname given after some
person or thing.]
The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that
of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.
Meaning of Eponym from wikipedia
- An
eponym is a noun
after which or for
which someone or
something is, or is
believed to be, named.
Adjectives derived from the word
eponym include eponymous...
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Medical eponyms are
terms used in
medicine which are
named after people (and
occasionally places or things). In 1975, the
Canadian National Institutes...
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Dryops (/ˈdraɪ.ɒps/,
Ancient Gr****: Δρύοψ
means 'man of oak') was the
eponym of the Dryopians.
Dryops was the son of the
river god
Spercheus and the...
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eponym dating system was a
calendar system for ****yria, for a
period of over one
thousand years.
Every year was ****ociated with the name, an
eponym,...
- The ****yrian
Eponym Chronicles represent an
important source for the
chronology of the
Ancient Near East. They are
chronicles or annals,
which list at...
- An
eponym is a
person (real or fictitious) from whom
something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Gr**** "eponymos"...
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generic trademark, also
known as a
genericized trademark or
proprietary eponym, is a
trademark or
brand name that,
because of its po****rity or significance...
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Sisak (Armenian: Սիսակ) was the
legendary ancestor of the
Armenian princely house of Syuni, also
called Siunids,
Syunid and Syuni. The
Armenian historian...
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fiction novel by
American author Pierce Brown. It is the
first book and
eponym of the series. The novel, set in the ****ure on Mars,
follows lowborn miner...
- An
eponym is a
person (real or fictitious)
whose name has
become identified with a
particular object or activity. Here is a list of
eponyms: A B C D E...
