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A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly.[1] "Misnomer" does not mean "misunderstanding" or "popular misconception".[1]
Some of the sources of misnomers are:
Lead, Germanium, Periodic table, Indium, Antimony
Operating system, BlackBerry World, ARM architecture, Android (operating system), United Arab Emirates
Amsterdam, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, European Union
Bismuth, Tin, Xenon, Copper, Zinc
Workington, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, Carlisle, Cumbria, City of Carlisle
MythBusters, Wayback Machine, Quran, Sushi, Cretaceous
Chayei Adam, Mishneh Torah, Orach Chayim, Shulkhan Arukh, Talmud
United States, United Kingdom, Tin, Aluminium, Thousandth of an inch
Canaan, Abraham, Cain and Abel, Genesis Rabbah, Sin
Neurotoxin, Tetrodotoxin, Fish, Toxicology, Viperidae