Comments on: Named after https://plainenglish.com/expressions/named-after/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:15:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/named-after/#comment-16956 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:08:10 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10496#comment-16956 In reply to Huy.

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]]> By: Huy https://plainenglish.com/expressions/named-after/#comment-16927 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:54:32 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10496#comment-16927 Nguyen Hue street in Ho Chi Minh City was named after King Quang Trung – Nguyen Hue, the hero who defeated the invading Qing army.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/named-after/#comment-1091 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:33:55 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10496#comment-1091 In reply to Claudio.

Great example; in that case, you can say, “She’s named after my grandfather, who was named Marino” or you could simply say, “She was named after my grandfather Marino.” and it would be clear.

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/named-after/#comment-1083 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:07:17 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10496#comment-1083 My sister is called “Marina”, she was named after my grandfather that called “Marino”.

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