homonym

Example Sentences

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Its homonym, the country, is beckoning visitors with the slogan: “All You Want is Greece.”

From New York Times

Users of China’s Weibo microblog seized on the Chinese word for panda, a homonym of which appears in the Chinese name for the Japanese horror movie “Ring,” suggesting that watching them dance was similarly frightening.

From Seattle Times

Their music was different, with an experimental mix of genres, poetic lyrics skillfully weaving English and Korean, punchlines abounding with homonyms, and dense rhymes.

From Washington Times

How and when did you arrive at the title “Just Us,” which of course is also a homonym for “justice”?

From Los Angeles Times

In Chinese, the number eight is a homonym for “prosper” — or, more bluntly, “get rich.”

From New York Times