polyonymy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, many, much) and ὄνομα (ónoma, name).

Noun[edit]

polyonymy (usually uncountable, plural polyonymies)

  1. The use of many names for the same thing or person.

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