eponymous

UK /ɪˈpɒnɪməs/ US /əˈpɑnəməs/

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Collocations

VERB + EPONYMOUS

bought, named

EPONYMOUS + NOUN

album, ancestor, belgium, district, goddess, greek, hero, protagonist

PREP.

after, from, in

adj

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.

Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.

Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.

Of a thing: named after a person or entity.

The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.

adjective — being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym

Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.

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Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.

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The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Skura named her son after the eponymous ancestor of the Ayt Yanni tribe in Kabylie, Algeria.

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The name Gaia for planet Earth was coined by the scientist James Lovelock from the eponymous Greek goddess.

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I bought their eponymous album.

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