name
noun
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
well-named
-
a word derived from
name.
Example Sentences
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It was here in Cabimas where, more than a century ago, a well-named Barroso II jump-started a boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Meet the well-named ship Ever Loading: It is as long as four football fields, its crew of just 23 ride bicycles around its deck, and it carries 8,000 containers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
The well-named Cash Green’s odyssey through the wretched world of telemarketing to the higher reaches is instructive.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2018
The result, the well-named “Let’s Dance,” came out in 1983 and became one of Bowie’s biggest commercial successes.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2016
Magic said, referring to another hill also well-named because it looked like two whales stacked on top of each other.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
