Three years ago, New York-based Jhumpa Lahiri's short-story debut, "Interpreter of Maladies," won the Pulitzer Prize. Her illuminating and poignant stories described the immigrant experience in the United States. In "The Name...
Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook namesake Thesaurus Medical Legal Financial Encyclopedia Wikipedia name·sake (nām′sāk′) n. One that is named after another. [From the phrasefor the name's sake.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © ...
The author of the book shall be nameless.anónimoˈnamely adverb that is. Only one student passed the exam, namely John.a saberˈnameplate noun a piece of metal, plastic etc with a name on it. You will know his office by the nameplate on the door.placaˈnamesake noun...
The namesake for the character of Annabelle in Toyland. Who hands out toothbrushes to the trick or treaters?Theresa Auckland, the founder of Auckland Academy. That’s the sort of thing she would do. Which two of your characters decide to pair up and do an angel/devil costume together?I ca...
South Asian-American films included are The Big Sick, The Namesake, and Meet the Patels.We selected movies where the Asian-American experience drives character and story, or had a significant impact on Asian-American audiences due to its casting, the filmmakers behind it, and for breaking ...
It was adapted from its namesake 1984 book by Lucy Irvine, telling of her experiences of staying for a year with writer Gerald Kingsland on the isolated island of Tuin, between New Guinea and Australia. Released: 1986 Directed by: Nicolas Roeg Dig Deeper Behind the Scenes Stories of Famous ...
My first exposure to that was in some Canon binoculars—my uncle Cam had a 28-foot fishing boat he used as a cabin cruiser, and he bought some stabilized binoculars to watch his grandson and namesake Cam's sailing regattas. Old Cam was no slouch at the tiller of a C scow, but young...
Descartes's influence in mathematics is equally apparent, being the namesake of the Cartesian coordinate system. He is credited as the father of analytic geometry—used in the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. ...
I also love the name Hazel Grace Lancaster (from "The Fault In Our Stars) association, I loved that book. Now as my English got better with years and I'm much more familiar with the word Hazel, I guess my primary association with the name is hazelnut, I can just feel hazelnuts in ...
At about 4 miles, there are some cascades that everybody takes pictures of, but in another 15 minutes or so, you hit the real show: the namesake feature. It really is just like a subway tube—a 30-foot diameter hollow in the canyon walls. One of my friends was so excited he jumped...