- A
misnomer is a name that is
incorrectly or
unsuitably applied.
Misnomers often arise because something was
named long
before its
correct nature was known...
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Aramaic studies, and
persisted up to the
nineteenth century. The "Chaldean"
misnomer was
consequently abandoned, when
further research showed conclusively that...
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event of a dispute. The term "algebraic notation" may be
considered a
misnomer, as the
system is
unrelated to algebra. Each
square of the
board is identified...
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Misnomer Dance Theater is a
modern dance company based in Brooklyn, New York.
Founded in 1998 by
artistic director and c****ographer
Chris Elam, the company...
- low-velocity
gunshot to the knee pit with a handgun. The term is
considered a
misnomer by
medical professionals[citation needed]
because only a very
small minority...
- language, the
language of
ancient Chaldeans Chaldean language (
misnomer), a
former misnomer for
Biblical Aramaic Chaldean Neo-Aramaic,
another name for the...
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which is
still referred to as "tin foil" in many
regions (an
example of a
misnomer). Foil made from a thin leaf of tin was
commercially available before its...
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Hertford Bridge,
often called the
Bridge of Sighs, is a
skyway joining two
parts of
Hertford College over New
College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive...
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usually devoid of a
theater setting,
making the term "operating theater" a
misnomer in
those cases.
Operating rooms are spacious, in a cleanroom, and well-lit...
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Misnomer Point is the ice-free
tipped point projecting 400 m
westwards from the
northwest coast of
Alfatar Peninsula,
Robert Island in the
South Shetland...
