Examples of 'named in honor' in a sentence

Meaning of "named in honor"

This phrase is used to indicate that someone or something is given a name as a way of showing respect, admiration, or recognition for a particular person. It suggests that the name is chosen in tribute or dedication to someone

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named in honor
It was named in honor of the niece of its observer.
The building is to be named in honor of his family.
It was named in honor of the daughter of a local businessman.
The second was named in honor of him.
Named in honor of our pioneers.
The community was named in honor of a railroad engineer.
Named in honor to the island.
Their foundation was named in honor of their mother.
Named in honor of the work.
The community was named in honor of a railroad employee.
Named in honor of three former.
The village was named in honor of an early settler.
Named in honor of two.
What famed race horse was named in honor of.
She is named in honor of her paternal grandmother.

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The asteroid was posthumously named in honor of the discoverer.
It was named in honor of his deceased son.
I only ask that the library be named in honor of my mother.
A few were named in honor of the seasonal occasions.
This was the first time a navy ship had been named in honor of a president.
The town was named in honor of a railroad employee.
The genus Mildbraediodendron was named in honor of him.
The town was named in honor of a railroad official.
Subgenus of slugs Kobeltia is named in honor of him.
Caesar is so named in honor of the first emperor.
The Auditorium has been named in honor of.
The trail is named in honor of these five towns.
The unit of magnetic induction is named in honor of Tesla.
Athenais was named in honor of her late paternal grandmother.
The elementary school in the city is named in honor of Caggiani.
Hansen was named in honor of a railroad official.
Numerous municipal and civic entities are named in honor of Sevier.
He had it named in honor of his father.
The bacterial genus Klebsiella is named in honor of his work.
Jack was named in honor of his grandfather.
The main battle tank Altay is named in honor of him.
The river was named in honor of this first passage.
The constellation of Horologium was later named in honor of this book.
Monday is named in honor of the moon.
Many species of amphibians and reptiles were named in honor of Darevsky.
It was later named in honor of the sister of the discoverer.
A middle school that was built in Alton was named in honor of the deceased.
It is named in honor of their parents.
The curie is a unit of radioactivity originally named in honor of Pierre Curie.
It was named in honor of its discoverer.
The following is a list of memorials to and things named in honor of Albert Gallatin.
It was named in honor of a local family.
Two bird species and several other taxa have been named in honor of Grayson.
Borghese was presumably named in honor of his maternal grandfather.
Named in honor of the cracker cowboys of Florida.

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