-
closely ****ociated with that
thing or concept. 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...
- to: Hollywood, Los Angeles, a
neighborhood in
California Hollywood, a
metonym for the
cinema of the
United States Hollywood may also
refer to: Hollywood...
-
executive branch under a
specific president. Thus, a
metonym is a type of synonym, and the word
metonym is a
hyponym of the word synonym.[citation needed]...
-
sometimes referred to by the
metonym "Westminster" or "Whitehall", as many of its
offices are
situated there.
These metonyms are used
especially by members...
- term
Fleet Street (where most
national newspapers operated)
remains a
metonym for the
British national press. The
communications company WPP is the world's...
- world. New York is a top-tier
global technology hub.
Silicon Alley, once a
metonym for the
sphere encomp****ing the
metropolitan region's high
technology industries...
-
centres of
political life in the
United Kingdom; "Westminster" has
become a
metonym for the UK
Parliament and the
British Government, and the
Westminster system...
