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Metonymy (/mɪˈtɒnɪmi, mɛ-/) is a
figure of
speech in
which a
concept is
referred to by the name of
something ****ociated with that
thing or concept. For...
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center for the
advertising industry,
which is
metonymously called "Madison Avenue".
Silicon Alley,
metonymous for New York's broad-spectrum high technology...
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northern Los Angeles, the nation's second-most
populous city, is also
metonymous for the
American filmmaking industry. The
major film
studios of the United...
- Bush
Center for
Intelligence in Langley, Virginia, and is
sometimes metonymously called "Langley". A
major member of the
United States Intelligence Community...
- City's role as the top
global center for the
advertising industry is
metonymously reflected as
Madison Avenue. The city's
fashion industry provides approximately...
- lies in its role as the
headquarters for the U.S.
financial industry,
metonymously known as Wall Street.
Manhattan is home to the New York
Stock Exchange...
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narrative and location,
Zephon (Hebrew: צפון, romanized: ṣap̄on) came to
metonymously signify "north" in Hebrew. The name is, therefore,
sometimes given in...
- road". Figuratively, it
signifies a (prescribed) way, mode, or manner.
Metonymously, sect
refers to a
discipline or
school of
thought as
defined by a set...
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HaMemshala (Hebrew: בית ראש הממשלה, lit.
House of the
prime minister) or
metonymously as Balfour, is the
official residence of the
prime minister of Israel...
- mean the cranium, the
upper part of the skull, but it has been used
metonymously since antiquity to
refer to
skulls and
heads more generally.) The Fathers...
