- by
wearing a
formal attire, such as salespeople. The
words metonymy and
metonym come from
Ancient Gr**** μετωνυμία (metōnumía) 'a
change of name'; from...
- The
following is a list of
common metonyms. A
metonym is a
figure of
speech used in
rhetoric in
which a
thing or
concept is not
called by its own name...
- The
cinema of the
United States,
primarily ****ociated with
major film
studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has
significantly influenced the global...
- "K Street" has
become a
metonym for
lobbying in the
United States, the same way Wall
Street in New York City
became a
metonym for the U.S.
financial markets...
-
attracting numerous high
technology start-up companies, as
Silicon Alley, the
metonym for New York City's
entrepreneurship ecosystem, has
expanded from Lower...
- the
Westminster political system, the
Civil Service –
often known by the
metonym of
Whitehall –
forms an
inseparable part of the
British government. The...
- to: Hollywood, Los Angeles, a
neighborhood in
California Hollywood, a
metonym for the
cinema of the
United States Hollywood may also
refer to: Hollywood...
-
United Kingdom. In 1539, it
became a city.
Westminster is
often used as a
metonym to
refer to the
Parliament of the
United Kingdom,
which sits in the Palace...
- The
Admiralty was a
department of the
Government of the
United Kingdom responsible for the
command of the
Royal Navy
until 1964,
historically under its...
- five
largest technology companies in the
United States,
symbolized by the
metonym "Silicon Valley",
where they are based.
According to Fortune, as of 2020[update]...
