Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms
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Overview
Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places.
What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany?
Hamburgers
What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci?
America
What do you call people and places whose names become words?
Eponyms!
Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?
What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany?
Hamburgers
What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci?
America
What do you call people and places whose names become words?
Eponyms!
Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?
- Title: Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms
- Authors: Marvin Terban, Giulio Maestro
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 68
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780547346144, 9780547031880, 0547031882, 054734614X
- Resource ID: LLS:9780547346144
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T10:05:18Z