- A
misnomer is a name that is
incorrectly or
unsuitably applied.
Misnomers often arise because something was
named long
before its
correct nature was known...
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Aramaic studies, and
persisted up to the
nineteenth century. The "Chaldean"
misnomer was
consequently abandoned, when
further research showed conclusively that...
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event of a dispute. The term "algebraic notation" may be
considered a
misnomer, as the
system is
unrelated to algebra. Each
square of the
board is identified...
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Misnomer Dance Theater is a
modern dance company based in Brooklyn, New York.
Founded in 1998 by
artistic director and c****ographer
Chris Elam, the company...
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White appears to
sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this
could be
considered a
misnomer as
Black cannot retain the pawn
without incurring a disadvantage. This...
- pandemic, also
known as the
Great Influenza epidemic or by the
common misnomer Spanish flu, was an
exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused...
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stylistically by some Muslims, a vast
majority consider the term
archaic or a
misnomer, as it
suggests that
Muslims worship Muhammad himself and not God. The...
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Hertford Bridge,
often called the
Bridge of Sighs, is a
skyway joining two
parts of
Hertford College over New
College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive...
- 1996, an AT4, a shoulder-fired
disposable (single-use) gun,
commonly misnomered as a
rocket launcher or
rocket propelled grenade (the
latter a backronym)...
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managed by Australian,
state and
territory governments. The name may be a
misnomer:
nearly all
parks are land
owned and
managed by the
states and territories...
