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    legally named Shauna Lamas, and new bride Shawna, whose given name is a homonym and almost identical to that of Shauna, did not wish to have a virtually...
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    Definition (section Homonyms)
    A homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings. Thus homonyms are...
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    for development, because the word "good" in Japan is "yaoxi", which is homonym for "Yaoxi" and has the meaning of shining star. On 7 March 2017, after...
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  • is, "forest"). Another likely homonym is the Italian Guido from a latinate root for "guide". The third likely homonym is the Italian Guido with phonetic...
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    Lady in the Lake (category 1947 crime drama films)
    inside joke, as the character is never seen in the film. The name is a homonym of the French "elle est morte," meaning "she is dead". Making Lady in the...
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    location as "a Mecca or Jerusalem within the Star Wars world". It is also a homonym for Jeddah, the principal gateway to Mecca. Jelucan Star Wars: Lost Stars...
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  • Badges of Fury (category Chinese crime comedy films)
    truth, the greater the danger he is in. Jet Li as Huang Fei Hong (黃非紅,a homonym/spoof spelling of 黄飞鸿Wong Fei-hung), a veteran inspector Wen Zhang as Wang...
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    against the organised crime.[citation needed] Scenes from the movie Gomorrah were filmed in the neighbourhood in 2008. Moreover, the homonym TV series Gomorrah...
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  • of the practice, its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi, and a wide assortment of homonyms are among the most censored terms on the Chinese internet. Any mention...
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    Gilles de Rais (category Crimes involving Satanism or the occult)
    archivist-paleographer Arthur Bertrand de Broussillon points out that this is a homonym error : Charles d'Estouville did indeed marry a Marie de Craon, but she...
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    with an optimism that we've lost today". Taking inspiration from the homonym of the French for "stage" (scène) and the river Seine, the artistic portion...
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    Jerome Charyn (category Crime novelists)
    Panna Maria, art by José Antonio Muñoz, Casterman, 1999 (adapted by the homonym novel by Charyn himself) White Sonya, art by Jacques de Loustal, Casterman...
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  • series), "Neither Brute Nor Human" (Black Widowers series), "The Fourth Homonym" (Black Widowers series), "The Eye of the Beholder" (Azazel series), "The...
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  • House" "The Intrusion" Puzzles of the Black Widowers (1990) "The Fourth Homonym" "Unique Is Where You Find It" "The Lucky Piece" "Triple Devil" "Sunset...
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    ("mousetrap") is derived from mus ("mouse") and decipula ("trap"), while the homonym word muscipula ("flytrap") is derived from musca ("fly") and decipula....
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    to feature the rabbit that would evolve into Bugs Bunny. The title is a homonym with an old nonsense expression — "harum-scarum", meaning reckless or irresponsible...
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    The cartoon is a pun on the word Jamaica, whose pronunciation [dʒəˈmeɪkə] is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?"...
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  • conventions of Standard English is normally expected. Some of the examples are homonyms or pairs of similarly spelled words that are often confused. The words...
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    Erasmia, "The terms Albanoi and Arvanitai and the first mention of the homonym people of the Balkans in the 11th century sources", Balkanika Symmikta...
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    Owen Swift (section Homonym)
    ISBN 978-0-8493-4281-3. Retrieved 3 September 2015. Carter Wood, J. (2004). Violence and crime in nineteenth-century England: The shadow of our refinement. London: Routledge...
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  • primary meaning of "Eustia of the Tarnished Wings". However, aiyoku is a homonym in Japanese, and also means "worldly passion" or "lust" (愛欲). Accordingly...
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    Hence, the Chinese character for Jun in Lee's name was changed to the homonym 振 instead, to avoid naming taboo in Chinese tradition.[citation needed]...
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    The Mystery Mind (category 1920 crime drama films)
    American crime drama silent black and white film serial directed by Will S. Davis and written by John W. Grey and Arthur B. Reeve. An homonym novel is...
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    to his dog, where the Korean words for "apple" and "apology" (사과) are homonyms. Yoon later denied the alleged symbolism of the photo. Yoon again apologized...
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    )[citation needed] A collection of basic roots that are clearly defined and homonym-free. They are completely invented and absolutely independent of any existing...
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    Retrieved 20 January 2022. Tulloch, A. (2017). Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage. Hong Kong University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-988-8390-64-9...
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  • "Hallucination" 1985 Gold Boys' Life, February, March and April 1985 "The Fourth Homonym" 1985 Puzzles of the Black Widowers The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years...
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    27:28), it often refers to "a ban for utter destruction". There is also a homonym, herem, meaning fisherman's net, which occurs 9 times in the masoretic...
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    name for the river Tigris. However, today, the names are thought to be homonyms, and the connection between the tiger and the river is doubted. In 1758...
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    different variations:《卐》and 《卍》. As the Chinese character wan (卐 or 卍) is homonym for the Chinese word of "ten thousand" (万) and "infinity", as such the...
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