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Sentence Examples At the same time Wales was divided into counties or shires, some of which were based on and named after the ancient lordships. She said if the proposed street was to be named after a person it would have to be approved at an Area Committee meeting. And so to Studio 150, named after the venue in Amsterdam where this collection was recorded. There are five wines in the premium range, named after his mother, who died last year. Many people do not understand why this uncomfortable season is named after a fruit. Carlos, who was named after Carlos the Jackal, has been on the hop ever since. We are pleased that the school will be named after him as it means he will never be forgotten amongst those he helped. He was named after his uncle, but his mother preferred to call him Campbell. Someone named after Julius Erving who grew up in the hoops hotbed of North Carolina is bound to have roundball embedded in his genes. There is a well-designed town trail which is appropriately named after the acorn. All the lab equipment is up for grabs or a whole lab could be adopted and named after a company or founder. I apologize to Mr. Russell for ragging him but that's what happens when you have a rock garden named after you. The Croatian currency is the kuna, apparently named after a small furry animal like a stoat or weasel, the pelts of which used to be traded. The row of cottages below and behind you, is known as Irish Row, named after some of the men who worked the mines. Citizens feel that no road or public place should be named after a living politician. If you have a jones to get your kid into a dog named after a dog that you used to like 100 years ago, then this is the film for you. Interestingly, she was named after her father who wanted his daughter to have a female version of his name. The author was the astronomer Edmond Halley, who is far better known today for having a famous comet named after him. Many precious waterholes, lagoons, creeks, and rivers were named after them. As a reminder of their union two of the streets in the city are named after them. Show More Sentences She was named after Prince Charlie and was a great Jacobite, of which I'm very proud. The different styles in Imari ware are named after the region where they are produced or after the potter families who had invented the style. It is named after a pupil who tragically lost her life in a road accident nearly ten years ago. Roger has the honor of a room named after him for all the hard work he put into the project to refurbish the village hall. What would Abbey's principal monkey-wrencher think of a trail named after him? His image is everywhere around this city and he's even had a fast ferry named after him. A modest engineer who discovered a huge gas field was honoured yesterday by having a site named after him. It was monodic, and was composed in a variety of lyric metres in two or four-line stanzas, including the alcaic stanza, named after him. If a site is named after a marine creature, that is usually the last creature you're likely to see. The green-fingered lass whose figure has made her fortune has now had a fuchsia named after her. Fellow Finnish button-accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen supplies a peaceful closing tune named after Finland's national flower, the lily of the valley. Winners of the Kora awards, named after a West African stringed instrument, received cash prizes and a replica of a kora. Today there are more than 3000 varieties, named after the area where each is grown. Tables will be named after Bond movies and pictures from various Bond films will be beamed around the room. It belongs to the family known as the lanthanides, named after the first member of that series, lanthanum. After its initial rendezvous, the spacecraft will spend five months near the asteroid named after the late rocketeer Hideo Itokawa, father of Japan's space program. He told delegates that beekeeping in Ireland has long been associated with monastic settlements and that one early monastery was named after an apiary. The new exhibition hall, shaped like a submarine and named after the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fieldhouse, is due to open in July next year. It is named after several square kilometers of wintersweets. A pilgrim, Cyrus, said that it was an honour to be named after a humanitarian Achaemenian king like Cyrus who allowed his subjects to practise their own religion. Show More Sentences The fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations is named after him. Koreans have long chafed that the body of water is named after Japan, which colonized Korea in the early 20th century. Temple Bar used to be located where the Strand meets Fleet Street, one of the ancient gateways into the City of London, named after the local Inns of Court. A popular theory is the Red Queen hypothesis, named after the Lewis Carroll character who tells Alice that she must keep running simply to stay in the same place. Satellites normally orbit planets in Keplerian orbits, named after Johannes Kepler, who wrote the mathematical equations that describe how satellites move. Nissan reckons Murano, named after the island near Venice and the home of Murano glass, resembles an all-wheel drive below its belt-line and a sports sedan above. An environmentalist group wants hurricanes and storm systems named after politicians who adamantly deny global warming exists. The shop is situated in one of Ireland's treasured beauty spots, Sandycove, named after the cove near the rocky point on which the Martello Tower was built. The daiquiri, named after a nearby village, was served in a tall glass packed with cracked ice. Almost every church would also have had side altars, dedicated to individual saints or, quite commonly, to the Virgin, often in a Lady chapel named after her. Cannibal Rock was named after its discoverers observed a Komodo dragon devouring another on a ledge above a mini-wall that begins in only 3 feet of water and drops to 10 feet. The foundation, named after her mother, provides financial help to needy families that are infertile. At the time, the island had not yet been named after the delicacy, and went by the decidedly less fantastical Twickenham Ait. Just because the show is named after him is no reason to keep him around. The Blackburn cake is named after the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is made with stewed apples in place of currants. A horse was also named after him, finishing fourth in the 1996 Grand National. Alcuin College, one of the colleges of the University of York, England, is named after him. The city of Sidney, Ohio, in the United States and a street in Zutphen, Netherlands, have been named after Sir Philip. A secondary school in the city, the Andrew Marvell Business and Enterprise College, is now named after him. Several buildings in her birthplace of Nuneaton are named after her or titles of her novels. Show More Sentences Similarly, the novel Mrs McGinty's Dead is named after a children's game that is explained in the course of the novel. Three mountains in the Cadwallader Range of British Columbia, Canada, have been named after Tolkien's characters. Harley Street is sometimes said to be named after him, although it was his son Edward Harley who actually developed the area. The province of Georgia, founded by royal charter in 1732, was named after him. There are around 65 roads in the UK named after Elgar, including six in the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. In 1974, Led Zeppelin took a break from touring and launched their own record label, Swan Song, named after an unreleased song. He is an honorary Life President of the club, and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club's home stadium. Among his honours, he was knighted in 1953 and the Gielgud Theatre was named after him. Beginning in 2001, the MCC has held an annual lecture named after Colin Cowdrey on the spirit of the game. Despite the doubtful evidence, the Rugby World Cup trophy is named after Webb Ellis. In European countries the second event has often been titled the European Grand Prix, or named after a neighbouring state without a race. The United States has held six separate Grands Prix, including the Indianapolis 500, with the additional events named after the host city. She was named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, her paternal grandmother. While early matches were often between teams named after counties, they were not the club teams the usage would imply today. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. Although widely reported as being named after American sprinter Carl Lewis, Hamilton states that this is not the case. In commemoration of the tree's significance in British history, a number of places and things have been named after the Royal Oak. An expert commission was established, named after its chairman, the former Secretary of State Professor Werner Ernst. This college was named after Lavity Stoutt, the first Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands. Since his death the City Airport was named after him and a trust has been set up to fund a memorial to him in the city centre. Show More Sentences The Rob Roy Way, named after Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor, is a long distance footpath that runs for 92 miles. The Battle of Kandahar was part of an offensive named after the Battle of Bad'r that took place on 13 March 624, between Medina and Mecca. Another possible explanation is that the path was named after the nearby Pen y Gwryd Hotel, popular amongst the early mountain walkers. It was later associated with, and named after, Saint Donard, who was said to have made the summit his hermitage. In 1615, the colony was passed to a new company, the Somers Isles Company, named after the admiral who saved his passengers from the Sea Venture. In the historiography of some countries, the war is named after combatants in its respective theatres. Modified cars have no parts related to the stock vehicle for which they are named after. The Stephenson Railway Museum in North Shields is named after George and Robert Stephenson. Trevithick Drive in Temple Hill, Dartford, was named after Richard Trevithick. She told Barrie that Peter had been named after the title character in her father's novel, Peter Ibbetson. Swift crater, a crater on Mars's moon Deimos, is named after Jonathan Swift, who predicted the existence of the moons of Mars. In December 2015, Adele told James Corden that 25 would be the last album named after her age, saying she believed in trilogies. He was the subject of Jack Hazan's 1974 biopic, A Bigger Splash, named after Hockney's 1967 pool painting of the same name. The 2015 Luca Guadagnino's film A Bigger Splash was named after Hockney's painting. A popular story, consistent with some historical evidence, suggests the street may have been named after Hume. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. The award is named after the colour palatinate associated with the university. The religious and social reformer Jan Hus formed a reform movement later named after him. Pictland was named after the Picts, whom, as we have said, Kinadius destroyed. As a result, area committees were named after and made decisions for areas which they did not exactly represent. Show More Sentences Rosebery, Tasmania is also named after him, via the name of a mining company. Dalmeny, New South Wales, a suburb on the New South Wales South Coast, is named after him. Roseberry Avenue in the suburb of South Perth, Western Australia, is also named after him. One of the buildings at Swansea University is also named after him, while a main distributor road in Sunderland is named the Keir Hardie Way. Furthermore, an estate in the London Borough of Brent, was also named after him. The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them. The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands. The biennial golf competition, the Ryder Cup, is named after English businessman Samuel Ryder who sponsored the event and donated the trophy. European overseas expansion led to the contact between the Old and New Worlds producing the Columbian Exchange, named after Columbus. After his death in 1817, his associates built America's first planned factory town, which they named after him. From the latter drains the Schlei inlet, actually a brackish estuary, at the head of which is the city named after it, Schleswig. The letters of the alphabet were traditionally named after trees, but this custom has fallen out of use. The Aristotle Mountains along the Oscar II Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, are named after Aristotle. William Thomson, or Lord Kelvin, is the person whom the absolute temperature unit, the Kelvin, is named after. The Icknield Way, an ancient trackway linking East Anglia to the Chilterns, may be named after the Iceni. Often, a particular vessel class will be named after the first ship of that type to be built. Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace and was named after both her grandmothers, Elizabeth of York and Elizabeth Howard. The first son was alleged to have been named after his godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford. Charleston, South Carolina, and South Kingstown, Rhode Island, are named after him. Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, is named after Fort Nassau, which was renamed in 1695 in his honour. Show More Sentences Birmingham, Alabama, United States, is named after the city and shares with it an industrial kinship. Since his death, many towns, streets, ships, and even cartoon characters have been named after him. In some cases, a district is named after its main town, despite there being other towns in the district. Bessie's Cove was said to be named after a Bessie Burrows who kept a small 'kiddlywink' inn on the cliff-top. The Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge is named after a relative. Salt was produced on the Somerset Levels near Highbridge and quarrying took place near Bath, named after the Roman baths. The town of Truro in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada is named after Truro, as is the town of Truro in the US state of Massachusetts. Peake attended the Chichester High School for Boys, which now has a Sports and Conference centre named after him and opened by him. This became the standard until the 20th century and is today known as sterling silver, named after its association with the currency. Darwin College, a postgraduate college at Cambridge University, is named after the Darwin family. J J Thomson Avenue, on the University of Cambridge campus, is named after Thomson. As well as in his home town of Bristol, there is also a road named after him in Didcot Oxfordshire, Dirac Way. On 6 July 2012, Edinburgh University announced a new centre named after Professor Higgs to support future research in theoretical physics. In 1879, Listerine mouthwash was named after him for his work in antisepsis. The Stephenson Centre, an SEBD Unit of Beaumont Hill School in Darlington, is named after him. He developed the concept of horsepower, and the SI unit of power, the watt, was named after him. You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns? The service commenced in 1994 and currently consists of three lines, named after colours. Augustus also continued the shifts on the calendar promoted by Caesar, and the month of August is named after him. Today the village has several streets named after him, including Popes Road, Adrian Road and Breakspeare Road. Show More Sentences About 20 unrelated colleges and universities in the United States were subsequently named after him. Also, one of the four form houses at the St Marylebone Church of England School, London, is named after John Wesley. Exactly 365 Orthodox churches in Georgia are named after Saint George according to the number of days in a year. In Cumbria, the civil parish and hamlet of Holme St Cuthbert are named after him, as is the parish church. St Aidan's College of the University of Durham was named after Aidan of Lindisfarne. The churches at Perranuthnoe and Perranarworthal were dedicated to Piran and holy wells at Perranwell and Probus, Cornwall are named after him. Piran is a mountain in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, named after the saint. In the United States, St Margaret of York Church and School in Loveland, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, is also named after her. Another school named after her is St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School, located next to Stevenage Borough Football Club. In 1993, the university's centenary year, Phineas was placed in the third floor bar of 25 Gordon Street and the bar named after him. Between 1992 and 2013 the Students' Union operated a nightclub, Tutu's, named after alumnus Desmond Tutu. Most are named after past headmasters or people of interest in the school's history, with the exception of School House, The Grange and Carlyon. Roman roads were named after the censor who had ordered their construction or reconstruction. Godiva Chocolatier is named after Lady Godiva, and features a stylised rendition of her ride as its logo. A minor planet 3009 Coventry discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1973 is named after the city. The Melton Mowbray pork pie is named after Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire. It is a cow's milk cheese, originally from Leicestershire, England, and is named after the city of Leicester. Balti, as a food, is named after the steel or iron pot in which it is cooked. The unincorporated community of Pie Town, New Mexico is named after apple pie. The Thule People, the predecessor of modern Inuit Greenlanders, were named after the Thule region. Show More Sentences The extensive Gough's Cave and the smaller Cox's Cave are both named after their respective discoverers. Sleeping Bear Dunes is named after a Native American legend, where a female bear and her cub swam across Lake Michigan. The disease is named after a white fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, found growing on the muzzles, ears, and wings of afflicted bats. An ancient church in Bromfield is named after him, as are Crosthwaite Parish Church and some other churches in the northern part of Cumberland. In the Lake District village of Caldbeck there is a church and a well named after him. The Histories was at some point divided into the nine books that appear in modern editions, conventionally named after the nine Muses. We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith. The Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea was named after the algae, as it hosts a large amount of sargassum. They developed the Oldowan lithic technology, named after the Olduvai Gorge in which the first specimens were found. The port city of Vasco da Gama in Goa is named after him, as is the crater Vasco da Gama on the Moon. Pavlova, named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, is still just about the most popular party dessert in Australia. In the Tindouf region of Algeria, Daira de Bojador is a refugee camp for Sahrawis named after Cape Bojador. The county, in the 9th century written as Wiltunscir, later Wiltonshire, is named after the former county town of Wilton. Blake also has a school house named after him at The Royal Hospital School. Resorts, as well as products, are also often named after this flower, such as the Heilala Lodge and Heilala Vanilla. One of Penzance's secondary schools is also named after the scientist, and runs as a music and maths community college. Norway Road and Nevil Shute Road at Portsmouth Airport, Hampshire were both named after him. Shute Avenue in Berwick, Victoria was named after him, when the farm used for filming the 1959 film On The Beach was subdivided for housing. Tennyson Down and the Tennyson Trail on the Isle of Wight are named after him, and a monument to him stands on top of Tennyson Down. Lake Tennyson in New Zealand's high country, named by Frederick Weld, is assumed to be named after Lord Tennyson. Show More Sentences On the ground floor, it includes the famous Durbar Room, named after an anglicised version of the Hindi word durbar, meaning court. Prior to the cancellation of the Black Arrow programme, the satellite was to be named after Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The whole of the Isle of Purbeck lies within the local government district of Purbeck, which is named after it. From 2011 to 2016 its official title was Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, named after the title sponsor. The Lambretta was named after Lambrate, the Milanese neighborhood where the factory stood. Most mews are named after one of the principal streets which they back onto. It was named after the Isle of Wight, in the English Channel, from where many of its early colonists had come. Chinese styles vary greatly from era to era and each one is traditionally named after the ruling dynasty. The culture was named after the type site of Le Moustier, a rock shelter in the Dordogne region of France. The tribe may have been named after the deer because it had a totemistic significance in Germanic symbolism. Wulfila Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Bishop Ulfilas. The most prominent other places named after the Franks are the region of Franconia, the city of Frankfurt, and Frankenstein Castle. What he managed to preserve led to the Carolingian Renaissance, named after him. The Merovingian dynasty was thereby replaced by the Carolingian dynasty, named after Charles Martel. Although named after the Gauls, the region was mostly inhabited by indigenous tribes, namely the Ligures, Etruscans, Veneti and Euganei. Scandinavia has many theophoric placenames, in particular named after Odin or after Thor. The child was frequently named after a dead relative, since there was a traditional belief in rebirth, particularly in the family. In November 1855, Livingstone became the first European to see the famous Victoria Falls, named after the Queen of the United Kingdom. The Magellanic penguin is named after him, as he was the first European to note it. The Magellan probe, which mapped the planet Venus from 1990 to 1994, was named after Magellan. Show More Sentences Various places in Africa and the Americas have been named after the imagined cities made of gold, rivers of gold and precious stones. This is known as the geocentric model of the Universe, or the Ptolemaic system, named after Ptolemy. Senegal is named after the Senegal River, the etymology of which is contested. Waterloo Bay, named after the first ship which unloaded cargo in the bay, served as a landing place for soldiers and supplies in the war. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. The popular dog breed Labrador Retriever is named after the peninsula and thus by effect also bears his name. The marquees are set up on a permanent fairground in the district of Los Remedios, in which each street is named after a famous bullfighter. The lake was originally named after Saint Bartholomew as this was his saints day. The Siamese Capital, Ayutthaya, was named after the holy city of Ayodhya, the City of Lord Rama. In the Philippines, they settled in Ternate, Cavite which they named after their homeland. The Grijalva Region is named after the river on which most of the municipalities here are dependent. Its original name is not known and it is currently named after a nearby modern settlement. Until recently, most of his work had been hidden in a museum named after him in the Tlacotalpan region. Its signature building is the Pyramid of the Niches, named after the 365 niches built into the levels of the structure. Moctezuma River and Mount Moctezuma, a volcano in Mexico City, are named after him. De Almagro undertook his first conquest on November 1515, commanding 260 men as he founded Villa del Acla, named after the Indian place. Huascar was named after a huge gold chain that was made to mark the occasion of his birth. An attempt to have a street named after him has received the support of the Town Hall and is in the process of being implemented. A vessel of the Italian navy, a destroyer of the Navigatori class, was named after Verrazzano. During the search, Hudson decided to sail his ship up the river that would later be named after him. Show More Sentences He was named after his maternal grandfather, the Elector Maurice of Saxony, who was also a noted general. Galicia Peak in Vinson Massif, Antarctica is named after the autonomous community of Galicia. In the Gulf of Carpentaria, named after Pieter de Carpentier they went ashore. In commemoration of Yermak, there is a town named after him on the upper Irtysh. The Revyakin Museum was originally named after a famous geologist, paleontologist, geographer and writer of science fiction, Obruchev. The sea is named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East. The Chinese province of Heilongjiang on the south bank of the river is named after it, as is the Russian Amur Oblast on the north bank. In the 8th century BC, power became decentralized during the Spring and Autumn period, named after the influential Spring and Autumn Annals. Atlasov Island, an uninhabited volcanic island off the southern tip of Kamchatka, is named after him. There is also Copacabana Beach, a stony beach on the Lapad peninsula, named after the popular beach in Rio de Janeiro. There is also a collection of works by the modern sculptor, Marino Marini, in a museum named after him. It is named after a local ranch, and was explored for the first time at the beginning of the 20th century by Manuel Gamio. The name of the Space Shuttle Endeavour has a u in it as the spacecraft was named after Captain James Cook's ship, HMS Endeavour. Many towns or suburbs of Australia have also been influenced or named after Aboriginal words. Eleven states are named after individual people, including seven named for royalty and one named after an American president. It was named after the local Miskito Amerindians and was long dominated by British interests. Queen Anne style architecture and Queen Anne style furniture were named after her. The double drive wheel is named after its drive band, which goes around the spinning wheel twice. John Smeaton Academy, a secondary school in the suburbs of Leeds adjacent to the Pendas Fields estate near Austhorpe, is named after Smeaton. He is also commemorated at the University of Plymouth, where the Mathematics and Technology Department is housed in a building named after him. Show More Sentences A viaduct in the final stage of the Leeds Inner Ring Road, opened in 2008, was named after him. Vermuyden sough, named after the Dutch engineer, Cornelius Vermuyden, who planned it, took 20 years to dig. It and the adjacent Manisty Cutting were named after the engineer in charge. Telford Hall is a hall of residence at Loughborough University named after Thomas Telford. Most packhorses were Galloways, small, stocky horses named after the Scottish district where they were first bred. Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is named after the company and since 1970, the company's corporate headquarters have been located there. The former, the pupil and friend of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, lived as a hermit on an island in Derwentwater, now named after him. The town of Ulverstone in Tasmania, Australia is named after Ulverston and is similarly built at the mouth of a Leven River. Since 1989 Penrith has had a twinning arrangement with the Australian city named after it in New South Wales. The lake may have been named Ulf's Water in honour of either of these, or it may be named after the Norse god Ullr. The Skiddaw Group is a group of sedimentary rock formations named after the mountain Skiddaw in the English Lake District. The Borrowdale Volcanic Group is a group of igneous rock formations named after the Borrowdale area of the Lake District, in England. Swaledale is a breed of domestic sheep named after the Yorkshire valley of Swaledale in England. Another annual music festival, originating in 2005, is Fleetwoodstock, named after the famous New York Woodstock Festival and held in the autumn. He has a primary school named after him in Liverpool, where he died, and secondary schools named after him in Oxford and Staines. Peter Rabbit was named after a pet rabbit Beatrix Potter had as a child called Peter Piper. A hospice for travellers was founded in 1049 by Saint Bernard of Menthon and came to be named after him in the 16th century, along with the pass. Livy says that the pass was not named after the Carthaginians but after a mountain god. Richard Faraday became a notable businessman in Kirkby Stephen, where a road is named after him. Show More Sentences It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only one of the major Dales now named after a village rather than its river. Its first creation The Halifax River in Central Florida, United States, was also named after him. Today, Leeds International Film Festival's International Short Film Competition is named after Louis Le Prince. Tullie House, named after the Jacobean mansion in which it is located, hosts travelling exhibitions. Hesketh Park at the northern end of the town is named after them, having been built on land donated by Rev. Saint Gudula Well and Cross in Old Totnes Road is probably named after St Gulval, also honoured at Gulval in Cornwall. Wikipedia suggests stoozing was named after an internet discussion board contributor, Stooz, who was a prolific stoozer. In 2001, he founded the Urmawi Centre for Mashriq Music, named after the Abbassid musician. This popular white Christmas slice has been given an Aussie flavour and named after the sulphur-crested cockatoo. On The Addams Family theme the guests sat at tables named after Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley and other characters from the quirky 1960s comedy. To mark Steve's entry into the record books, a rose was named after him and a wine grower has named a champagne Golden Redgrave. The fish is named after Akawaio Amerindians, the people that live in the region. Jazzy by Cindy Adams, named after her Yorkshire Terrier, is designed for the most discriminating dogs. Adding to its legendary status is that the hotel was named after Berengaria of Navarre, the queen consort to King Richard I of England. The engine, used for research, was a gift from Rolls-Royce to the school to mark the fact that it's named after the inventor of the jet engine. A Syrian visionary of Judaeo-Christian background, Mani founded the religion named after him during the third century CE in Persian Mesopotamia. Pronounced meem, the former Churchill's Bar is named after the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet and it means to relax. In the Parisian suburb of saint-denis, a street was named after him. You would think that a restaurant named after a string of red chilies would serve New Mexico food, but Ristra is very French. Some 20 people gathered to watch the bearded seal, named after the Tama River in which it was first spotted Aug. Show More Sentences A little farther to the north is Roser Park, named after the man who invented the fig Newton. The evening meal was served in the Samaria restaurant, named after Crete's famous Samarian Gorge, and gorge is what you were encouraged to do. The Celtic harvest season began when the first crops were gathered at Lughnasadh, named after the Celtic sun god Lugh. Amethyst, in Cavern Walks, is the baby of friends Jodie Gasteretous and Kate Derefaka, and is named after the girls' birthstone. And before you ask, the band are not named after a dodgy Australian soap or the DH Lawrence bodice ripper. A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic spirochete bacteria, Borrelia was named after French biologist Amedee Borrel. In Singapore, there is also a road named Haig Road in Katong which is named after him. Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, one of the officers of arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon, is named after this peninsula. It is named after the glacial tills found in the Karoo region of South Africa, where evidence for this ice age was first clearly identified. Most of the streets in the south east of Girvan are named after trees, examples are Maple Drive, Elder Avenue, Pine Quadrant, etc. Many of these gannets are taken from Sula Sgeir, which is itself named after them. It is named after the overkingdom of Ulaid, in the east of the province, which was in turn named after the Ulaid folk. Kirkland, Washington is an exception, being named after English settler Peter Kirk. The next most fully formed is the Nemed or Bretha Nemed school, named after two of the texts it produced. In recognition of their Scottish roots, the Buccaneers were also named after Speyside whisky such as Glenfiddich, Glen Elgin and The Macallan. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in September 2012 and named after Duncan Rice, a previous Principal of the university. In Scotland, Waverley Station and Waverley Bridge in Edinburgh were named after these novels. In Australia, the Melbourne suburbs of Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley and also Ivanhoe, were named after the novels as well. The Webb Ellis Cup is the prize presented to winners of the Rugby World Cup, named after William Webb Ellis. Throughout Scotland and England, other clubs have been named after and adopted Celtic's kit. Find more words! 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