Metonymy
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a figure of speech consisting
of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an
attribute or with which it is associated
Metonymy derived via Latin from
Greek "metonymia" (from "meta-," meaning "among, with,
or after," and "onyma," meaning "name"), metonymy
often appears in news articles and headlines, as when journalists use the term
"crown" to refer to a king or queen.
