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What does eponymous mean?
One who is referred to as eponymous is someone that gives their name to something. i.e. the name of a car manufacturer or sports team, ford, Ferrari or Brawn (F1)
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What is a eponym?
An eponym is a word that originates from a person. e.g. Victorian, originating from Queen Victoria.
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What is the eponym for a homburg?
An eponym is a word or name derived from the name of a person. HOMBURG is derived from Alexander (1769--1859) and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767--1835), which are eponyms.
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What is eponymic title?
A title based upon the name of an individual person could be said to be an "eponymic title". With some help from Wikipedia: Specifically, an eponym is a person…, whether real or fictitious, after whom a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named. Someone eponymous is someone that gives their name to something, i.e. Julian, the eponymous owner of the famous restaurant Julian's Castle. Something eponymous is named after a particular person, i.e. Julian's eponymous restaurant. In contemporary English, the term eponymous is often used to mean self-titled even though it is an incorrect usage of the word. An aitiology is a "reverse eponym" in the sense that a legendary character is invented in order to explain a term. (MORE)
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What are some eponyms?
The noun eponym is a word for the person after whom a discovery, invention, or place is named; or the name or noun formed in such a way. Some examples include Lou Gehrig's d…isease, Halley's comet, Megan's Law, sandwich, pasteurization, and America. (MORE)
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What is the eponym for braille?
It comes from a man named Louis Braille. He was a French teacher, writer and musician.
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What is eponym and examples?
An eponym is a name, especially a place name although it can be almost anything, derived from the name of a real or imagined person, e.g. Melbourne (Australia) from William La…mb, Lord Melbourne. (MORE)
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What is the eponym for nephroblastoma?
Nephroblastoma (kidney tumour) is also known as Wilms' tumour. Wilms specialized in tumours of the kidney, bladder and urogenital tract, and one of his significant conclusions… was that renal tumours are initiated in the development of the embryo. (MORE)
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What is the eponym of Scrooge?
That would be Enenezer Scrooge, the main character in Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol".
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What is an is an eponym?
An eponym is a person for whom a place or thing is named. For example, Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) is named after a physician called Gerhard Hansen.