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Homonymous

Homonymous \Ho*mon"y*mous\, a. [L. homonymus, Gr. ?; ? the same + ?, for ? name; akin to E. name.]

  1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

  2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
homonymous

1620s, from Latin homonymus, from Greek homonymos "having the same name" (see homonym). Homonymy "quality of being homonymous" is from 1590s.

Wiktionary
homonymous

a. 1 having the same name as another 2 of or pertaining to a homonym

Usage examples of "homonymous".

Much of Chinese numerology stemmed from the fact that Chinese, in all its varied dialects, was a homonymous language.