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English
Etymology
From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid seventeenth century.
Pronunciation
enPR|n�mʹs�k, IPA|/�neɪmseɪk/, SAMPA|/"neImseIk/
audio|en-us-namesake.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
- A person, place or thing having the same name as another.<!--the more common modern sense-->
Translations
trans-top|person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
Bosnian: t-|bs|imenjak|m
Croatian: t-|hr|imenjak|m
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Serbian:
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trans-top|person, place or thing having the same name as another
Bosnian: t-|bs|imenjak|m
Croatian: t-|hr|imenjak|m
Estonian: nimekaim m
Finnish: (person with the same name as another person) kaima, nimikaima
German: Namensvetter m italbrac|male person or place, Namensschwester f italbrac|female person
Icelandic: t-|is|nafni|m
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Serbian:
Spanish: t+|es|tocayo|m, t-|es|tocaya|f
Swedish: t+|sv|namne|c
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