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- A namesake is a person, geographic location, or other entity bearing the name of another. The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from...
- The Namesake is a 2006 English-language drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sooni Taraporevala based on the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri...
- another. Namesake may also refer to: "The Namesake" (short story), by Willa Cather The Namesake, children's book by C. Walter Hodges The Namesake (novel)...
- The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length...
- "The Namesake" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 215th episode overall. It originally aired...
- Namesake is an album led by trumpeter Dennis González which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Comparing it with González...
- Namesake is a fantasy webcomic by Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon. In Namesake, many worlds from other works of fiction are real parallel universes...
- Divisions and namesakes of the American F. W. Woolworth Company, and divisions of Woolworths Group (Australia). Similar namesake companies in South Africa...
- Persons for whom colleges or universities were named. Jacob Albright Richard Allen (reverend) Saint Andrew James Osgood Andrew Francis Asbury Osman Cleander...
- provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by...