[なおや, naoya] (n, adj-no) eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eponym \Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme \Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ponyme.
See {Eponymous}.]
1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person
from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen
is an eponym of the Hellenes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived
from that of an individual.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eponym
n 1: the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is
the eponym for Constantinople"
2: the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's
syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
