eponymous

[ uh-pon-uh-muh s ]

/ əˈpɒn ə məs /

giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.

Origin of eponymous

First recorded in 1840–50, eponymous is from the Greek word epṓnymos giving name. See ep-, -onym, -ous

ep·on·y·mous·ly, adverb

Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.

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Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are returning for the fourth season of their eponymous hit Comedy Central show.

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Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦ゴジラの息子), introduced the character of Minilla (ミニラ) in the eponymous role.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who portrayed the eponymous character in Kick-Ass, will play her brother, Quicksilver.

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Since then, the brand has grown and his eponymous sneaker line has generated billions in revenue for Nike.

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For eponymous medicine-men see Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 231.

Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 |Andrew Lang
Here we began to follow the course of the railway and the River Gipping, the eponymous river of Ipswich until it is named anew.

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Karthlos, the second son of Thargamos, is the eponymous king of his race, their country being called Karthli after him.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 |Various
Jutland was acquired by Dan, the eponymous ancestor of the Danes.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 |Various
But as the confraternity was anything but religious, this saint, or rather this eponymous hero, had to be a Rabelaisian character.

Wine, Women, and Song |Various

eponymous

/ (ɪˈpɒnɪməs) /

(of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre

(of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator the Stooges' eponymous debut album

eponymously, adverb