eponymous
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is namedOf, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
Meaning
2 sensesOf, 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.
eponymisch, gleichnamig, namensgebend
одноимённыйodnoimjónnyj
однойме́ннийodnojménnyj
being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.
Examples
4 sentencesI bought their eponymous album.
Skura named her son after the eponymous ancestor of the Ayt Yanni tribe in Kabylie, Algeria.
The name Gaia for planet Earth was coined by the scientist James Lovelock from the eponymous Greek goddess.
deDer Name Gaia, nach der gleichnamigen griechischen Göttin, für den Planeten Erde wurde von dem Wissenschaftler James Lovelock geprägt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ordubad is the second largest city of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the capital of an eponymous district.
Translations
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Forms
more eponymous, most eponymous| Comparative | more eponymous Lesson |
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| Superlative | most eponymous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym:eponymic
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form