a language unit by which a person or thing is known
"his name really is George Washington"
"those are two names for the same thing"
a well-known or notable person
"they studied all the great names in the history of France"
"she is an important figure in modern music"
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
"The market vendor insisted that we buy the local name for our traditional guanduvias stew, even though it looks nothing like the white yams found back home."
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
In plain English: A name is the specific word people use to call you or identify something.
"What is your name?"
Usage: Use "name" to refer to the specific word or title by which a person, place, thing, or concept is known, not as a type of yam. It functions as a noun to identify individuals or entities rather than describe food ingredients.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
"They named their son David"
"The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
To give a name to.
"The committee decided to name the new park after the community leader who founded it decades ago."
In plain English: To name something is to give it a specific word or title.
"Please name your favorite color so I can add it to the list."
Usage: Use the verb name when you assign a specific title or designation to someone or something, such as naming a child or naming a new product. Do not use it to simply mention or refer to a person in conversation, which requires verbs like call or mention.
Abbreviation of North American English.
"The abbreviation NA on my email signature stands for North America, but I usually just write name to save space."
The word "name" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁nómn̥, which originally meant "to mark." It traveled into English through Old English and Middle English without changing its core meaning.