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Originally Posted By: latishyaOriginally Posted By: FaldageThe A in USA is eponymic.
As is the Saud in Saudi Arabia.
I don't think a letter can be an eponym can it? Doesn't it have to be a word? America is an eponym, as is Africa, but not 'A' (I think)?
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