Examples of 'was named after the famous' in a sentence

Meaning of "was named after the famous"

was named after the famous - indicates that someone or something was given a name in honor of a well-known person or thing

How to use "was named after the famous" in a sentence

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was named after the famous
He was named after the famous anthropologist.
According to O'Connor, the character of Guy Lapointe was named after the famous hockey player.
She was named after the famous singer Aaliyah.
It 's a tribute to the cat Orville, that was named after the famous aviator Orville Wright.
Dexter was named after the famous trotting horse Dexter.
The mining town of Laurium, Michigan was named after the famous Greek Laurium.
It was named after the famous city of Basra in Iraq.
Umhauer was born in Cherbourg, France and was named after the famous painter Max Ernst.
It was named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland.
It has been founded in 1951 and was named after the famous actor Ernst Deutsch.
She was named after the famous Harriet Tubman.
In 1954, the Theatrical Institute was named after the famous actor Mirzaagha Aliyev.
It was named after the famous Pontack Club in London.
In 1964, the Akademicheskaya Dacha was named after the famous Russian painter Ilya Repin.
He was named after the famous French painter Paul Cézanne.

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Founded in 1975 in Courchevel, Maison Bernard Orchel Courchevel was named after the famous alpine skier.
It was named after the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.
This popular Beirut destination was named after the famous Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran.
I was named after the famous tennis player, Monica Seles.
The MSLJ was named after the famous composer Leoš Janáček.
It was named after the famous German scientist Alexander von Humboldt.
The hotel was named after the famous Roman General Primus.
It was named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur.
The asteroid was named after the famous American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
Botchan dango was named after the famous novel Botchan by Natsume Sōseki.
The franchise was named after the famous Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa.
Ibsenhuset was named after the famous Norwegian poet and playwright Henrik Ibsen.
This species was named after the famous Italian scientific journalist Alberto Angela.
The dam was named after the famous Moroccan Allal al-Fassi.
His farm was named after the famous Surry hills in Surry, England.
Geronimo was named after the famous Apache chief Goyaalé, better known as Geronimo.
Carnegie was named after the famous Scottish American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie.
Avenue Montaigne was named after the famous French author and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne.
The Nür was named after the famous German Nürburgring racetrack, where the Skyline was developed.
The town was named after the famous silver-mining city of Potosi, Bolivia.

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Examples of using Named
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He named the greatest black star in movies
The pompous ass named it after himself
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