Euonym


noun

an appropriate name for a person, place, or thing
Examples

The realtor’s name was Sue House, a euonym.
Word Origin

1889; Gk. eu ‘good’ + onym ‘name’

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    /juːˈfɔːzɪɪd/ noun 1. any small pelagic shrimplike crustacean of the order Euphausiacea: an important constituent of krill


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