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Metonymy (/mɪˈtɒnɪmi, mɛ-/) is a
figure of
speech in
which a
concept is
referred to by the name of
something closely ****ociated with that
thing or concept...
- City's role as the top
global center for the
advertising industry is
metonymously reflected as
Madison Avenue. The city's
fashion industry provides approximately...
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HaMemshala (Hebrew: בית ראש הממשלה, lit.
House of the Head of Government) or
metonymously as
Balfour is the
official residence of the
Prime Minister of Israel...
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northern Los Angeles, the nation's second-most
populous city, is also
metonymous for the
American filmmaking industry. The
major film
studios of the United...
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center for the
advertising industry,
which is
metonymously called "Madison Avenue".
Silicon Alley,
metonymous for New York's broad-spectrum high technology...
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usually left
untranslated because there is no
single English word for it.
Metonymously, a "verrine"
designates in the
cooking world a dish
served in a verrine...
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Intelligence Agency (CIA /ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ/),
known informally as the Agency,
metonymously as
Langley and
historically as the Company, is a
civilian foreign intelligence...
- road". Figuratively, it
signifies a (prescribed) way, mode, or manner.
Metonymously, sect
refers to a
discipline or
school of
thought as
defined by a set...
- lies in its role as the
headquarters for the U.S.
financial industry,
metonymously known as Wall Street. Anc****d by Wall Street, in the
Financial District...
- mountain's
importance and location, Hebrew: צפון, romanized: ṣap̄on came to
metonymously signify "north" in Hebrew; the name is
therefore sometimes given in translation...
