Examples of 'is named after the former' in a sentence

Meaning of "is named after the former"

is named after the former: to be given a name in honor or recognition of someone or something that existed previously

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is named after the former
It is named after the former district.
The part of Basildon known as Barstable is named after the former Barstable Hall.
It is named after the former village of Rudnik.
The district of Herzogtum Lauenburg is named after the former Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.
It is named after the former village of Moste.
Dalton Intermediate School, in Radford, Virginia, is named after the former governor.
It is named after the former village of Vič.
The reward is named after the former owner of the Rams.
It is named after the former Karmelitenkirche on the west side of the street.
St. James Street is named after the former parish of Saint James.
It is named after the former vice president Enrique Baldivieso.
The team is named after the former supermarket chain FOG.
It is named after the former club chairman and president Harry Dolman.
This auditorium is named after the former college principal Salman Gani Hashmi.
It is named after the former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.

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The airport is named after the former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
It is named after the former province of Belessa, which lay in the same area.
The zoological park is named after the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
It is named after the former municipality absorbed into the municipality of Madrid in 1951.
The park is named after the former owner of island, Billy Dreher.
It is named after the former president of the country, Barthélemy Boganda.
The lecture series is named after the former deputy minister of justice who died in 1999.
It is named after the former St. Anastasia convent located on it.
The award is named after the former secretary general of Amnesty International.
Brorsson is named after the former German footballer Franz Beckenbauer.
The field is named after the former secretary of the company 's board of directors.
Manaia is named after the former Māori chief of the district, Hukunui Manaia.
The airport is named after the former president Habib Bourguiba, who was born in Monastir.
It is named after the former leader of Nepal, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala.
It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski, who died in a plane crash in 2004.

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