eponymously
ə adjective
giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.
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eponymous (ɪˈpɒnɪməs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named: the eponymous heroine in the film of |
| 2. | (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator: the Stooges' eponymous debut album |
| e'ponymously | |
| —adv | |
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| eponymous (ɪˈpɒnɪməs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named: the eponymous heroine in the film of |
| 2. | (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator: the Stooges' eponymous debut album |
| e'ponymously | |
| —adv | |
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eponymous
1846, from Gk. eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," from epi- "upon" + onyma, Aeolic dial. variant of onoma "name" (see name).
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