-
closely ****ociated with that
thing or concept. The
words metonymy and
metonym come from
Ancient Gr**** μετωνυμία (metōnumía) 'a
change of name'; from...
- The
cinema of the
United States,
primarily ****ociated with
major film
studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has
significantly influenced the global...
- 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...
- "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...
- to: Hollywood, Los Angeles, a
neighborhood in
California Hollywood, a
metonym for the
cinema of the
United States Hollywood may also
refer to: Hollywood...
- 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...
- and news
media to use "the Vatican", "Vatican City", and even "Rome" as
metonyms for the Holy See.) Most
countries of the
world maintain the same form of...
- term
Fleet Street (where most
national newspapers operated)
remains a
metonym for the
British national press. The
communications company WPP is the world's...
- the
Westminster political system, the
Civil Service –
often known by the
metonym of
Whitehall –
forms an
inseparable part of the
British government. The...
-
attracting numerous high
technology start-up companies, as
Silicon Alley, the
metonym for New York City's
entrepreneurship ecosystem, has
expanded from Lower...
