nickname
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noun- 1.
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
"The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
- 2.
A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.
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From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (nickname), from eke (additional) + name. Compare aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, eyknevni, øgenavn, aukenamn, öknamn, and Ökelname.