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whole name

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Noun1.whole name - a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part; "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'"
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word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"


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There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was expected to say such a long word when "Tip" would do just as well.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
My whole name is Zebediah; but folks just call me 'Zeb.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
[Footnote: Since the French word 'Morte' is feminine, the preceding article was originally 'La,' but the whole name had come to be thought of as a compound phrase and hence as masculine or neuter in gender.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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