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Eponym

Saxophone

Saxophone

A curved metal wind instrument played with a reed.

Aarav plays the saxophone in the school band.

Remember: From Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker who invented it in the 1840s. 'Phone' is Greek for sound.

Short lessonCapitonyms & eponymsA capital letter can change a meaning, and some words began as people's names.

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