eponyms — ep·o·nym || epəʊnɪm n. person whose name is used as the name of a place or thing; medical name of a disease derived from a person s name; ancient official whose name was used to indicate the year he was in office … English contemporary dictionary
Medical eponyms — are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). New discoveries are often attached to the people who made the discovery because of the nature of the history of medicine. This has produced a large… … Wikipedia
List of eponyms — An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back formed from eponymous , from the Greek eponymos meaning giving name . NOTOC Here is a list of eponyms:A B C D E F G H I–J K L–ZA* Achilles,… … Wikipedia
List of eponyms of airports — This is a list of eponyms of airports. The list includes the name of the airport, its location, and person after whom the airport is named.Current airports Former names and names of closed airports;Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq :… … Wikipedia
List of eponyms (L-Z) — An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. NOTOC Here is a list of eponyms:A–K L M N–O P Q–R S T U–V W X–ZL* Rudolf Laban choreographer, created labanotation. * Ferruccio… … Wikipedia
List of special functions and eponyms — This is a list of special function eponyms in mathematics, to cover the theory of special functions, the differential equations they satisfy, named differential operators of the theory (but not intended to include every mathematical eponym).… … Wikipedia
List of eponyms of stadiums — This is a list of eponyms of stadiums. TOCrightArgentina*Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López, Santa Fe, named for Estanislao LópezAustria*Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium (now UPC Arena) in Graz, named for Arnold Schwarzenegger *Ernst Happel Stadion … Wikipedia
List of eponyms of stadiums in the United States — This is a list of eponyms of stadiums in the United States.Alabama*Bryant Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, named for Bear Bryant and George H. Denny *Joe W. Davis Stadium, Huntsville, named for Joe W. Davis *Jordan Hare Stadium and Pat Dye field,… … Wikipedia
Bibliography — Books, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper articles, and other writings that fail to come to mind immediately, are all sources for eponymous coinages. But the primary sources of materials for this book, and perhaps any book on the subject of… … Dictionary of eponyms
Bologna — BOLOGNA, (HOT DOG), HAMBURGER Three fine European cities have become eponyms for common American edibles. Bologna, a gastronomic center in northern Italy, has been credited with many delectable dishes that have spread throughout the world;… … Dictionary of eponyms
