eponymous

UK: /ɪˈpɒnɪməs/ US: (ə pon′ə məs)

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ep•on•y•mous  (ə pon′ə məs), adj. 

1. giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.:
   Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.

• Greek epó̄nymos giving name. See ep-, -onym, -ous
• 1840–50

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eponymous / ɪˈpɒnɪməs/ adjective

1. (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named: the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre
2. (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator: Beyoncé's eponymous album

eˈponymously adverb