A word that describes the naming process of something, because it was so much repeated, like a nick name.
Presently, The Company,(city) _______(Named thus by a general saying of a name) was a show of lights, very different from its former self.
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2Perhaps genericization?– Elliott FrischCommented Apr 1, 2016 at 4:43
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I believe you hit the spot! "The Company, named thus by a wide generization, was a show of lights, very different from its former self."– Parmenides EphesusCommented Apr 1, 2016 at 4:47
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1Maybe metonymy? This is when a name is used for a closely associated concept, such as using "The White House" to refer to the presidential administration.– BarmarCommented Apr 1, 2016 at 18:20
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Interesting... but would it apply to the casual act of nicknaming? Say, a person is named John, but he is missing one foot, so it's become popular to call him "One Foot", now everybody knows him by that name.– Parmenides EphesusCommented Apr 1, 2016 at 18:22
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But seeing some examples of it I think this could work... Since in my context it is a city named differently but refers to the same thing. Nice.– Parmenides EphesusCommented Apr 1, 2016 at 18:27
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I'm not quite understanding your example very well, but I suspect the word you are looking for here is eponym.
See Wikipedia:
An eponym is a person, place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. Many genericized trademarks such as aspirin, heroin and thermos are based on their original brand eponyms.
So, accordingly:
The Company, eponymously named, was a show of lights, very different from its former self.
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Very interesting word, eponym (n.) "one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, an institution, etc., 1833, from Greek eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," as a plural noun (short for eponymoi heroes) denoting founders (legendary or real) of tribes, cities, etc.; from comb. form of epi "upon, (called) after," (see epi-) + onyma, Aeolic dialectal variant of onoma "name" (see name (n.)). According to the etymology of the word Onoma "Name," I wonder if in the sentence it would be redundant to say "Eponymously named," What are your thoughts on this? Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 19:22
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it would work considering that the city's name has become that of an influential structure, "Eleusis, a town becoming the name of the hero Eleusis," "The Company, becoming the name of a small shop that influence the rise of a civilization." Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 19:26
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I don't think it's redundant. While the root might mean name, the word itself does not. the ODO has 2 examples which use eponymously titled, which is pretty damn close to eponymously named in my book. oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/…– BradCommented Apr 5, 2016 at 19:26
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Would you dare give further explanation in the sentence, such as something like this, "The Company, eponymously named after the shop that gave rise to it."? Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 19:29
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