Jones, Christopher (1985). No. 10 Downing Street: The Story of a House. The Leisure Circle. ISBN978-0-563-20441-1.</ref Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example ''[[bowdlerize]]''.
Adjectives derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. When [[Henry Ford]] is referred to as "the ''eponymous'' founder of the [[Ford Motor Company]]", his surname "Ford" and the name of the motor company have an eponymous relationship. The word "eponym" can also refer to the [[title character]] of a fictional work (such as [[Rocky Balboa]] of the [[Rocky film series|''Rocky'' film series]]), as well as to '''''self-titled''''' works named after their creators (such as the album [[The Doors (album)|''The Doors'']] by the band [[the Doors]]).
[[Walt Disney]] created the eponymous [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]], with his name similarly extended to theme parks such as [[Walt Disney World]].<ref name=dictionary_com_eponym>"eponym". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
Jones, Christopher (1985). No. 10 Downing Street: The Story of a House. The Leisure Circle. ISBN978-0-563-20441-1.</ref Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example ''[[bowdlerize]]''.
Adjectives derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. When [[Henry Ford]] is referred to as "the ''eponymous'' founder of the [[Ford Motor Company]]", his surname "Ford" and the name of the motor company have an eponymous relationship. The word "eponym" can also refer to the [[title character]] of a fictional work (such as [[Rocky Balboa]] of the [[Rocky film series|''Rocky'' film series]]), as well as to '''''self-titled''''' works named after their creators (such as the album [[The Doors (album)|''The Doors'']] by the band [[the Doors]]).
[[Walt Disney]] created the eponymous [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]], with his name similarly extended to theme parks such as [[Walt Disney World]].<ref name=dictionary_com_eponym>"eponym". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"eponymous". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
Jones, Christopher (1985). No. 10 Downing Street: The Story of a House. The Leisure Circle. ISBN978-0-563-20441-1.</ref Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example ''[[bowdlerize]]''.
Adjectives derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. When [[Henry Ford]] is referred to as "the ''eponymous'' founder of the [[Ford Motor Company]]", his surname "Ford" and the name of the motor company have an eponymous relationship. The word "eponym" can also refer to the [[title character]] of a fictional work (such as [[Rocky Balboa]] of the [[Rocky film series|''Rocky'' film series]]), as well as to '''''self-titled''''' works named after their creators (such as the album [[The Doors (album)|''The Doors'']] by the band [[the Doors]]).
[[Walt Disney]] created the eponymous [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]], with his name similarly extended to theme parks such as [[Walt Disney World]].<ref name=dictionary_com_eponym>"eponym". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"eponym". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"eponymous". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"eponymous". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
