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eponym
     1. n. boycott
     2. n. Columbia
     3. n. sandwich
     4. n. Victorian
     5. n. The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item.
           Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
     6. n. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
           Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
     7. n. (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
           “Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.



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