liikanimi — meaning in English

English meaning

• appellation noun A name or title used to refer to someone.
• byname noun Another name used alongside a person's main name.
• epithet noun A word or phrase used to describe what a person or thing is like.
• moniker noun A name or nickname, often one that's informal or draws attention to some trait.
• nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.

Senses

liikanimi is used for these senses in English:

• appellation (formal, _, or, _, dated) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
• byname (archaic, historical) A nickname.
• epithet A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
• epithet (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
• moniker A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
• nickname A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
• nickname (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

appellation — full definition

1. noun A name or title used to refer to someone.
2. noun A label on a wine showing the specific region it comes from.

byname — full definition

1. noun Another name used alongside a person's main name.
2. noun A descriptive extra name added to someone's own name.
3. noun In the Heathen religion, a special title given to a god or goddess and used during rituals.
4. noun A false name used to hide who really wrote or did something.

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