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Named after a local brewer.

Named in honor of Neda Soltan, a young woman killed in unrest after the Iranian elections, it planned to offer help with proxy servers and anonymizers.

Named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972.

Named after the Renaissance astronomer Galileo Galilei, it was launched on October 18, 1989, by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.

Named for Dr. LaVerne W. Noyes, who also donated the funds to see that Alumni Hall could be completed after sitting unfinished and unused from 1905 to 1907.

Named after Boltzmann's H-theorem, Shannon denoted the entropy H of a

Named after King Amanullah Khan, it is said to be the first, the biggest and the most modern city in the history of Afghanistan.

Named after the Greek goddess Gaia at the suggestion of novelist William Golding, the hypothesis postulates that the biosphere has a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that acts to sustain life.

Named after Wolfgang Franz von Kobell ( 1803-1882 ), German mineralogist.

Named after the Kickapoo tribe native to the area.

Named after the Roots brothers who designed and invented it, this lobe pump works by displacing the liquid trapped between two long helical twisted rotors, each fitting into the other when perpendicular at 90 °, rotating inside a triangular shaped sealing line configuration, both at the point of suction and at the point of discharge.

One of the first stars in the SAO catalogue to be named after someone is SAO # 13268-Calaunan, Named after Rio Therese Calaunan Capistrano.

Named after the Inklings is The Inklings Society based in Aachen, and their yearbook, Inklings Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik, published from 1983 by Brendow, Moers.

Named after British computer scientist Alan Turing, Turing is used primarily as a teaching language at the high school and university level.

Named after Italy's then dictator prime minister, Benito Mussolini, they were abandoned upon his ousting in 1943, and eventually returned as the Grand International Prize of Venice in 1947 ( see Golden Lion ).

Leigh next sought the role of Blanche DuBois in the West End stage production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and was cast after Williams and the play's producer Irene Mayer Selznick saw her in The School for Scandal and Antigone ; Olivier was contracted to direct.

Named after the nearby city of Winona, Winona Laura Horowitz was born in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Named after Meriwether Lewis and after Victor Trevitt's hometown of Lewiston, Maine ; but people don't know that was the reason Vic Trevitt shouted the idea out.

; Named after Imam Hasan ibn Ali

Named after Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State in the Hoover Administration ( 1929 – 1933 ), the policy followed Japan's unilateral seizure of Manchuria in northeastern China following action by Japanese soldiers at Mukden ( now Shenyang ), on September 18, 1931.

Named after her deceased older sister.

He became " one of the consummate filmmakers of the 20th century " after directing a string of successful films, including, A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), and East of Eden ( 1955 ).

Named for the Lane family farm in Albemarle County, the new Town of Altavista was incorporated in 1912.

Named for a family friend, as well as the doctor who delivered him, Joseph Stilwell, known as Warren by his family, grew up in New York, under a strict regimen from his father that included an emphasis on religion.

Named Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, after her mother, ' Lizzie ' Siddall was born on 25 July 1829, at the family ’ s home at 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden.

Named Färberwaid ( Isatis tinctoria L .) or German Indigo, of the plant family ( Brassicaceae ), in the Iron Age settlement of the Heuneburg, Germany, impressions of the seeds have been found on pottery.

Lady Yuen-Peng McNeice Bromeliad House: Named in honour of its sponsor, the Bromeliad House showcases plants from the Bromeliaceae family, which includes the pineapple.

Named for his uncle Condé L. Benoist, Condé Montrose Nast was born in New York City to a family of Midwestern origin.

Named in memory of Helene Kinnucan Brown ' 53 by her family, classmates, and friends.

Named after his father, he was always referred to by his middle name of Idwal in his family.

Named Chen Yongjun at birth, ( ) she was born into a peasant family at Yilong County, Nanchong City of Sichuan Province, she received sex reassignment surgery in Qingdao in November 2003.

Named after Ingrid Daubechies, the Daubechies wavelets are a family of orthogonal wavelets defining a discrete wavelet transform and characterized by a maximal number of vanishing moments for some given support.

Named after the Ball family ( relatives of George Washington ), whose family cemetery lies in the neighborhood at N. Stafford Street and N. Fairfax Dr. Ballston began as Birch's Crossroads and later became Ball's Crossroads at what is now the intersection of North Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard.

Named after the Comfort family on whose land the tree once stood, it has been designated a Conservation site for its biological and historical significance.

* Beechwold – Named for the Jeffrey family summer estate on North High Street, Beechwold contains the widest variety of housing, from Cape Cod influenced starter homes to high style, high end housing that occupies the land comprising the former Jeffrey family estate.

Named after her mother, Sophia Dorothea, as she was known in her family, was the eldest daughter of eight children: five boys and three girls.

Named after the Cowper family who have been active for generations in support of the Sydney Anglican Church. Cowper was for many years the Honorary Treasurer of the S. C. E. G. G. S.

Named the St. Tropez of winter sports it attracts a select clientele of VIP's and royal families including Prince William & Kate Middleton, the Beckham's, Christina Aquilera, Geri Halliwel, Lionel Richie, the Saudi royal family, Peter Andre, Robbie Williams, Roman Abramovich, George Clooney, Georgio Armani, the King of Morocco and many others.

Named after the Armenian family of Vanandi, it was a principality of the Kingdom of Armenia and a later province of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

Named after the lily family of flowers.

Named after the thistle family of flowering plants, the symbol of Scotland.

Named after a family that owned a farm there in the 18th Century, Egbertville was known for a time as Morgan's Corner, from 1838 ; soon after this, many Irish families arrived in the area, leading to its being referred to ( somewhat jokingly ) by such names as Tipperary Corners, New Dublin and Young Ireland.

Named for Byrd's daughter, Evelyn, this site has been home to the Ruffin family since 1847.