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Meaning of 'eponyme' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eponyme [ n.]
- 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.
- A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

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epoch epocha epochal epode epodic eponym eponymic eponymist eponymous eponymy

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