polyonymous

American

[pol-ee-on-uh-muhs] / ˌpɒl iˈɒn ə məs /

adjective

having or known by several or many names.

polyonymous British

/ ˌpɒlɪˈɒnɪməs /

adjective

having or known by several different names

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polyonymy

noun

Etymology

Origin of polyonymous

1670–80; < Greek polyṓnymos, equivalent to poly- poly- + -ōnymos -named, adj. derivative of ónyma, ónoma name; see -ous

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Such, for instance, as Charlotte Smith and the Miss Lees are miles above such others as the just-mentioned polyonymous "Rosa," as Sarah Wilkinson, or as Henrietta Mosse-Rouvière.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

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