Wednesday, April 3, 2013

"Eponymous"


       I come across the word twice in one day. I recognize it but cannot recall what it means.


Newspaper movie guide:

            "Le Havre--A bohemian shoeshiner meets and looks after a young African refugee in the eponymous French port city."


Liner notes for Barbra Streisand's music album.   Lyricist Alan Bergman writes:

            "Finally the day of the first session arrives. The eponymous Streisand Scoring Stage at Sony Studios is filled with Hollywood's finest musicians."


      "Eponymous" means "named after."  The second example is clear. In the first, I had to confirm:   sure, Le Havre in French is "harbor" or "port."

      Greek.  Epi--"after"; onyma--"name." 
      And consider.  An--"no"; onyma--"name" = anonymous.  

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