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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual. Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. 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. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual. Source: webster

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individualnameeponymassumedcitycountryderivedHelleneshypotheticallikepeoplepersonracetook

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eponymiceponymisteponymouseponymy

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epizootyeploringepochepoch-makingepochaepochal

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