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- american english - Named for vs. named after - English Language . . .
Named for refers to something other than a person A French person named Fete Nat is named for the Fete Nationale (14th of July - what English speakers call Bastille Day) A person called Mississippi John Hurt was named for the State of Mississippi (no, Mississippi was not really part of his official name, as far as I know)
- Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If in addition to being named SoAndSo it usually is called SoAndSo, it still is ok to refer to it as an item named SoAndSo (and also would be ok to refer to it as an item called SoAndSo) But if, although usually called SoAndSo, it actually has some name other than that, then it would be incorrect to refer to it as an “item named SoAndSo”
- What is the difference between named and termed?
named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, much less restrictive than termed The general consensus seems to be: if you want to give a name to a very specific concept in a formal environment, pick termed If you want to name just about everything in a non-formal, or semi-formal setting, choose named
- How should I use eponym, eponymous and namesake?
None of these seem to be proper, given that eponym and eponymous are used for people or things that are named after a person Since the Tower Bridge is not a person, these terms should not be used (The Tower Bridge is, of course, itself named after the Tower of London, but its name is not an eponym either, since the Tower is not a person )
- word choice - Henceforth vs. hereinafter - English Language Usage . . .
What is the most suitable way to express that a sentence word will be "replaced by" another sentence word, from that point (in a text, for instance)? Henceforth called named Hereinafter c
- word choice - Are people named or called? - English Language Usage . . .
People are both named and called You are "named" at birth by your parents, and "called" by other people during your lifetime In your examples, however, I would use neither verb "The first president of the United States, George Washington, never cut down a cherry tree " That does not mean those verbs do not have their uses, however
- word choice - What is the name of the symbols - and gt;?
+1, I like that this is the first answer to address the multiple Unicode code points involved However, I think you might mention that regardless of the characters' names or official prescriptions for use, the less-than and greater-than signs are commonly used as a type of brackets, probably because they can easily be typed and their display is more widely supported than that of the other symbols
- A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
After 5 decades of speaking American English I'd have to say that "namesake" is the only natural and perfectly correct choice when the referents are all people But given how widespread its casual use to indicate nothing more than same-namedness is, the connotation "the person someone is named after" is only understood through context And
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