| anthroponym |
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A human name.
Notes: 1. The study of anthroponyms is called anthroponymy. |
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Example - Richard Nixon |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Greek anthropos, man + onoma, name. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1958: "Kitiak is therefore a toponym. … Others are of the form Udzado or Gbiedo, these are anthroponyms." ( D. Tait in Middleton & Tait Tribes without Rulers 170) |
