Guppies in Tuxedos
  • Published:
    Aug-2008
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    eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    68
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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?
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    • First Edition
    • Aug-2008
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 054734614X
    • ISBN13: 9780547346144
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    • Aug-2008
    • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    • eBook (Kindle)



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