Meanings (ES + gloss)
metónimo
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
...to say that "New York was thrown into a state of great excitement," when we mean the inhabitants of New York, is technically to use the metonym of putting "the container for the…
Calling a government a "city hall" is using a metonym.
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