9.7.3 Name of a thing
Use this domain for words related to the name of a thing. Many cultures give names to particular buildings, ships, airplanes, organizations, companies, schools, and other things. If your language has hundreds of names for some kind of thing, it is best to not try to list them all. But if there are a few important names for one kind of thing, set up a domain for them.
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(1) What words refer to a name for something?
Example words: name, proper name, designation, label, nomenclature, tag, title
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(2) What words are used to indicate the name of something?
Example words: be called, be known as, be entitled, be termed, go by the name of, so-called
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(3) What words are used to refer to something when you can't remember what it is called?
Example words: what's its name, thingy, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, whatsit, such and such
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(4) What words refer to a name that is not correct?
Example words: misnomer
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(5) What words describe something that has the name of something but not its qualities?
Example words: nominal, in name only
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(6) What words refer to giving something a name?
Example words: call, name, rename