Definition of Eponime

Definition of Eponime

{ Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme } (?), n. [Cf. F. éponyme. See Eponymous.] 1. 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.

2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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