Category:English metonyms
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English terms whose origin involves calling a thing or concept not by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
For more information, see Appendix:English metonyms.
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See also: Category:English synecdoches (conceptually similar and overlapping)
Pages in category "English metonyms"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 486 total.
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B
- Baghdad
- ball
- ballot box
- Bamako
- Bandung
- Bangkok
- Bangui
- Banjul
- Bankova Street
- bar
- bar stool
- battery
- Beacon Hill
- Beijing
- Beirut
- Belgrade
- Belmopan
- Berlin
- Big Ben
- bill of goods
- Bishkek
- blade
- blazonry
- Bogotá
- Bonn
- boots on the ground
- Boston
- Brasília
- brass
- brass hat
- Bratislava
- Brazzaville
- brick veneer
- Bridgetown
- Broadway
- Brussels
- Bucharest
- Buckingham Palace
- Budapest
- Buenos Aires
- Bukit Aman
- bump
- butt
- button lock
- by rail
- by sail
- by steam
C
- Cable Street
- Cairo
- Canberra
- Canterbury
- Capitol Hill
- Caracas
- carbohydrate
- Cardiff
- catarrh
- catenary
- Cayman Islands
- CD
- cellar door
- CFNF
- CFNM
- chainfall
- chat
- Chekist
- Chisinau
- Chișinău
- Chrysanthemum Throne
- City
- city hall
- City of London
- clubs
- CMNF
- coinsurance
- Colombo
- Colorado Springs
- comedy and tragedy
- Conakry
- Copenhagen
- coronavirus
- coryza
- Cotonou
- couch
- council
- covenstead
- COVID-19
- cowl
- crown
- cunny
- Cupertino
- cyclorama