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The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name". Here is a list of eponyms. A. Shinzō Abe, Japanese Prime Minister ...
See also M John Macadam, Scottish-Australian chemist – Macadamia. Ernst Mach, Czech-Austrian physicist – Mach number. Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech novelist and poet – Lake Mácha, in the Czech Republic Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian politician and writer – Machiavellianism. John Macdonald, New Zealand psychologist – Macdonald triad. Charles Macintosh, Scottish inventor – mackintosh ...
The mythological Greek hero Orion is the eponym of the constellation Orion, shown here, and thus indirectly of the Orion spacecraft. [1] An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic.
Below is a list of modern-day Greek language exonyms for mostly European places outside of Greece and Cyprus.Place names that are not mentioned are generally referred to in Greek by their respective names in their native languages, or with the closest pronunciation in Greek.
Adonis's belt, Apollo's belt – Adonis, Apollo, Greek mythological characters; Alcock's canal (pudendal canal) – Benjamin Alcock (1801–1859?), Irish anatomist; Artery of Adamkiewicz – Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (1850–1921), Polish pathologist; Atlas (anatomy) – Atlas (Mythology), A god in greek mythology
An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
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