Examples of 'named in honour' in a sentence

Meaning of "named in honour"

The phrase 'named in honour' indicates that someone or something has been given a name or title as a tribute or recognition of their importance, achievements, or influence. It signifies the act of bestowing a name in a respectful or commemorative manner

How to use "named in honour" in a sentence

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named in honour
So named in honour of the originator of the project.
The mountain was named in honour of their club.
Named in honour of my gorgeous new granddaughter.
The site was named in honour of the ship.
Named in honour of the first female.
The sound was named in honour of this survey.
Named in honour of the first Principal of the school.
The bassin louise was named in honour of princess louise.
Its named in honour of the famous car manufacturer.
The squadrons are currently named in honour of local communities.
It was named in honour of the members of the railway killed in the war.
Banksia lemanniana was named in honour of him.
Street named in honour of activist.
The dish lobster thermidor is named in honour of the play.
All are named in honour of donors or with names suggested by them.

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A new annual windsurfing marathon was named in honour of him in the same year.
They are named in honour of those who are recognised as martyrs for the nation.
The two large kauri trees are named in honour of these former landowners.
It is named in honour of the many war veterans who came from the region.
The institute is named in honour of pioneer.
It is named in honour of Harold Hamilton the collector of the type specimen.
Eucalyptus guilfoylei was named in honour of Guilfoyle.
It is named in honour of the Zapotec peoples.
The species was one of many named in honour of Darwin.
It is named in honour of Taizé.
There is a residence hall on campus named in honour of Douglas.
The buoy was named in honour of former deckhand.
The species epithet of Equijubus normani was named in honour of him.
She was named in honour of the town.
Shortly before he ran in the Derby he was named in honour of his birthplace.
The houses are named in honour of great patrons of the school.
The science building on the campus of this college is named in honour of Kane.
Heinrich was named in honour of his father.
Named in honour of the first King of Hungary.
Cities are named in honour of them.
George Mason University has an economics essay award named in honour of Hayek.
Vineyard named in honour of father.
A crater on the planet Mercury is named in honour of Mansur.
War ship named in honour of Hawkesbury.
Two new streets in Liverpool are to be named in honour of Pete Best.
The race is named in honour of the former champion mare Emancipation.
The town of Sutherland was named in honour of Sutherland.
It was named in honour of the collector Henry Chesterton who discovered this species.
The facility was named in honour of Eddie.
It is named in honour of the Devlin family who live beside the bridge.
The species was named in honour of Young.
It is named in honour of planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker.
The species is named in honour of Ing.
It was named in honour of the statesman and writer Antonio José de Irisarri.
Diastopora dennanti is named in honour of John Dennant.

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