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List of eponyms (A–K)

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An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name".

Here is a list of eponyms:

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  32. ^ Saverio Tomasella, Le Syndrome de Calimero, 2017, Albin Michel ISBN 9782226324870
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  41. ^ Hoffman, Ken, "Chicken Cordon Bleu est TACO tres magnifique", King Features Syndicate, published in The Gazette of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, 19 June 1998, p. 2, ("chain was named for Popeye Doyle, the cop in The French Connection") Archived online at newsbank.com. Retrieved 27 March 2008
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  49. ^ "Falstaffian | Definition of Falstaffian by Lexico". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.
  50. ^ Phillips, Walter Alison (1911). "Faust" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  51. ^ Faustian – pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; "a Faustian pact with the Devil". http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Faustian
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  64. ^ "sherlock" – via The Free Dictionary.
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  66. ^ "IUSTITIA". treccani.it.
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