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    senses) in the same entry (that is, under the same headword) and enter homonyms as separate headwords (usually with a numbering convention such as ¹bear...
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    her use of the word "queynte" to describe both domestic duties (from the homonym "quaint") and genitalia ("queynte" being the root of "cunt", a vulgar English...
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  • Kaiser as "an Attila, without remorse", launching "cannibal hordes". By coincidence, Gott mit uns ("God is with us"), a motto first used in the Kingdom of...
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    Gunilla Axen. It was also a lucky coincidence that Axen’s French husband is called Paul-Arnaud Pirette, almost a homonym of the company’s name. Polarn O...
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  • today: feljebb), containing no particle. A verb may occasionally be a homonym in the above sense, i.e. being a single word or containing a particle,...
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    applies. According to this, a junior homonym replaced before 1961 is not rendered permanently invalid (as junior homonyms usually are) if "the substitute name...
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    prevention, has a 180° reversible "SOS" ambigram logo, acronym of its name and homonym of the famous SOS distress signal. In 2013, this center orders advertisements...
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    variant form Húnn, which is also found close to Honfleur in Honnaville, homonym of the Honneville at Saint-Georges-du-Mesnil. Such a connection between...
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  • Plato's Atlantis; the latter was acknowledged by Tolkien as a happy coincidence. The name of the tower of Orthanc is unique in that it is explicitly...
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    applies. According to this, a junior homonym replaced before 1961 is not rendered permanently invalid (as junior homonyms usually are) if "the substitute name...
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  • the word ĥoro (a chorus) is replaced with koruso to avoid creating a homonym with koro (a heart). The redundant inflection may have been inspired by...
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    A sizable portion of "fish"-shaped signs fulfill this requirement. A homonym in the language may be the reason for this connection if "fish" in the...
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  • zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...
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  • The grandfather Abelard's name makes it clear that the homonym cane/Cain is no coincidence. They first appear when Beli is kidnapped and taken to be...
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    “2” High School at Gyeongseong, while the “9” (in Korean, “ku”) is a homonym with the first syllable of their teacher’s name. Yoo Lizzy (1945–2013)...
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    Digital Times offered the interpretation that 'crane' in Chinese (he) is a homonym for 'congratulations' and the first character of 'peace'. The Nobel Peace...
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  • Cheese has been reassigned to work at a Goliath-owned café. His name is a homonym of 'brick shithouse', from the phrase 'built like a brick shithouse'. Bartholomew...
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    having to name protagonists. According to Allworth, this and the use of homonyms created an effect of mystification which related to Allah having exclusive...
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  • anything on their uniforms which suggested an actual bee other than the homonym of the letter "B". In 1946, the script version of "Braves", complete with...
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