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    A namesake is a person, geographic location, or other entity bearing the name of another. The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from...
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  • The Namesake is a 2006 English-language drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sooni Taraporevala based on the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri...
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  • another. Namesake may also refer to: "The Namesake" (short story), by Willa Cather The Namesake, children's book by C. Walter Hodges The Namesake (novel)...
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  • The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length...
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  • Namesake is an album led by trumpeter Dennis González which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Comparing it with González...
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  • "The Namesake" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 215th episode overall. It originally aired...
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  • Namesake is a fantasy webcomic by Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon. In Namesake, many worlds from other works of fiction are real parallel universes...
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  • The Namesake is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's in March 1907. Charles Bentley, one of Hartwell's students, is about...
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  • provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by...
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  • Julee Cruise (of Twin Peaks). In 2007, the band's final full release, Namesake Caution, came out on Cuneiform Records. In 2010, Stern self-released In...
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  • Persons for whom colleges or universities were named. Jacob Albright Richard Allen (reverend) Saint Andrew James Osgood Andrew Francis Asbury Osman Cleander...
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  • productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing...
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    Automobile. GM further owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer, a namesake defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United...
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  • in Belarus; it controls numerous media entities such as their current namesake publication Belarus Today. It was named Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus'...
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    PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. The Namesake was a New York Times Notable Book...
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    Atkins William B. Ault Bernard L. Austin, (two awards) John Arnold Austin, namesake of USS Austin (DE-15) Matthew Axelson Edward L. Beach Jr. Richard Halsey...
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    Шевченківський район); namesake: Taras Shevchenko (formerly Dzerzhynskyi; namesake Felix Dzerzhinsky) Kyivskyi (Ukrainian: Київський район); namesake: Kyiv (formerly...
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  • [leˈβante wˈnjon depoɾˈtiβa]) is a Spanish football club in Valencia, in the namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante play in the...
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  • Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV. Headquartered at the CBS Building in New York...
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    natural peak in Singapore. It is located in Bukit Panjang rather than its namesake and its altitude is 164 metres (538 ft) above sea level. The hill's 164-metre...
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    1942) was an officer and aviator in the United States Navy. He is the namesake of the destroyer USS Lindsey (DD-771). Lindsey was born in Sprague, Washington...
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    of eschaloigne, from the Latin Ascalōnia caepa or Ascalonian onion, a namesake of the ancient city of Ascalon. Various other names are used throughout...
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    worldwide. It was founded in 1888 by Carl F. Bucherer, who also became the namesake of a luxury Swiss watch brand. Bucherer retails brand including Rolex,...
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  • Weißbräu) is a brewery in Erding, Germany. Its best-known products are its namesake Weißbiers (wheat beer). Erdinger is the world's largest wheat beer brewery...
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    engineers and other tradesmen to bend, re-position and snip wire. Their namesake long nose gives excellent control while the cutting edge near the pliers'...
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    (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Ladder 49 (2004), The Namesake (2006), Poseidon (2006), and The Last Kiss (2006). She appeared in the...
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    its cars to preserve the respected Mercedes brand. "1889: A Luxury Car's Namesake Is Born". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 January 2023. "Parting Shot". The Automobile...
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    businessman Dave Thomas, the founder of the fast food brand Wendy's. She is the namesake and mascot of the brand. She uses the name Wendy Thomas in her role as...
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  • Named after Lord Subramanya and being a devotee himself, he used his namesake's picture as the studio emblem. His first film was Aathmasakhi, released...
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  • member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. "DMK to field C.N. Annadurai namesake". Business Standard. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2021. "Tiruvannamalai...
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