namesake

American  

[neym-seyk] / ˈneɪmˌseɪk /

noun

1. a person or thing named after another or whose name is given to another person or thing.

   Little Dora lay asleep in the arms of her namesake, great-aunt Dora.

   The memory of Robert and Signe McMichael is honored in their namesake, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

2. a person or thing having the same name as another.

   The cities of Hyderabad, Pakistan, and Hyderabad, India, are namesakes.

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namesake British  

/ ˈneɪmˌseɪk /

noun

1. a person or thing named after another

2. a person or thing with the same name as another

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Etymology

Origin of namesake

First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of name's ( name + 's ¹ ) sake ¹

Example Sentences

The center was also designing and testing mock-ups of a lunar lander, which Armstrong — now the center’s namesake — later used to practice landing on the moon while still here on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times

Woods has often been lauded for his comebacks from injury which have fed his remarkable reputation, but Woodland has achieved his with a grace that has always seemed beyond his near namesake.

From BBC

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon

Dwight Schar, founder of one of the U.S.’s largest home builders, displays part of his collection at his namesake bar in Northern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dwight Schar, founder of one of the U.S.’s largest home builders, displays part of his collection at his namesake bar in Northern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal

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