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Eponyme
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.
(2):
(n.) A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Eponyme'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/eponyme.html. 1828.