Template:named-after

Named after an unknown person

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Use this template in an etymology section of eponyms.

1 (language): the term’s language code.
2: the person’s name.
nationality or nat: the person’s nationality, such as French or German.
occupation or occ: the persons occupation, such as banker or soldier.
occupation2–5 or occ2–5: more occupations.
wplink (Wikipedia link): The title of the Wikipedia page about the person. If the Wikipedia page’s title is the same as the person’s name, use the value =.
sc (script template): the script in which the name is written. Only necessary if it’s not written in the Latin alphabet.
tr (transliteration): transliteration of the name, if it’s not written in the Latin alphabet.
born: the year the person was born.
died: the year the person died.
nocap (no capitalization): Displays “named” instead of “Named”.
nocat (no category): prevents the entry from being added to Category:LANG eponyms.
alt (alternative text): replaces “Named after nationality occupation”.

Examples

{{named-after|en|nationality=French|occupation=navigator|Louis Antoine de Bougainville|wplink=Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville|nocat=1}}.

Named after French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Possibly {{named-after|en|nocap=1|nationality=Greco-Egyptian|occupation=pharaoh|Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος|wplink=Ptolemy|tr=Klaudios Ptolemaios|nocat=1}}.

Possibly named after Greco-Egyptian pharaoh Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος (Klaudios Ptolemaios).