Definition of Eponymy. Meaning of Eponymy. Synonyms of Eponymy

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Definition of Eponymy

Eponymy
Eponymy E*pon"y*my, n. [Gr. ? a surname given after some person or thing.] The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Meaning of Eponymy from wikipedia

- ruler or other influential figure: One of the first recorded cases of eponymy occurred in the second millennium BC, when the ****yrians named each year...
- Stigler's law of eponymy, proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in his 1980 publication Stigler’s law of eponymy, states that...
- Johannes Kepler (/ˈkɛplər/; German: [joˈhanəs ˈkɛplɐ, -nɛs -] ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer...
- In Gr**** mythology, Elara /ˈɛlərə/, Elare or Alera (Ancient Gr****: Ἐλάρα, Ἐλάραη or Ἀλέρα), also called Larissa, was a mortal princess, the daughter of...
- Pelargonium crispum (the "crisped-leaf pelargonium") is a Pelargonium species native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is in the subgenus...
- Christen Sørensen Longomont**** (also as Longberg or Severin) (4 October 1562 – 8 October 1647) was a Danish astronomer. The name Longomont**** was a Latinized...
- Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god ****ociated with lightning, thunder...
- Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (/peɪˈtæ̃/, French: [filip petɛ̃]) or Marshal...
- after people Scientific phenomena named after people Stigler's law of eponymy Ballentyne, D. W. G.; Lovett, D. R. (1980). A dictionary of named effects...
- The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Gr****: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus; Late and Medieval Latin: gryphes, grypho etc...