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to name after
[phrase form: name]
01
to give someone or something a name in honor or in memory of another person or thing
Ditransitive: to name after sb/sth sb
name after
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Example
The street was named after a prominent community leader.
My twin and I were both named after our grandparents.
Bosons are named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian physicist who made significant contributions to their statistical behavior.
The discovered species of flower was named after the botanist who found it.
The coulomb is named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, a French physicist known for his work in electromagnetism.
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