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name

Pronunciation: /neɪm/

The English word “name” has 16 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. A reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. An authority; a behalf.
  7. An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
  8. An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
  9. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

verb

  1. To give a name to.
  2. To mention, specify.
  3. To identify as relevant or important
  4. To publicly implicate by name.
  5. To disclose the name of.
  6. To designate for a role.
  7. To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Etymology

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognates Germanic Cognates: Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North…

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