# Anadrome
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{{short description|Word whose spelling is derived by reversing the spelling of another word}}
{{About-distinguish|a type of anagram|Anadromy}}
thumb|An animation of the anadrome of ''wolf'' and ''flow''.
An '''anadrome'''[{{cite journal |last=Brunton |first=Finn |date=November–December 2010 |title=Roar so wildly: Spam, technology and language |url=https://www.radicalphilosophyarchive.com/issue-files/rp164_commentary_roarsowildly_brunton.pdf |journal=Radical Philosophy |volume= |issue= 164 |page=6 |quote=Bifacial text, a kind of anadrome which reads with two distinct meanings when read forward or backward. |doi= |access-date=December 13, 2024 }}][{{cite book |last=Kragh |first=Helge |author-link=Helge Kragh |date=2024 |title=The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmkPEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA255 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=255 |quote=As the first case of a retrograde asteroid [[Dioretsa](/source/20461_Dioretsa)] was named as an anadrome, namely ''asteroid'' spelled backwards. |isbn=}}][{{cite book |last=Sutherland |first=Denise |date=2020 |title=Solving Cryptic Crosswords for Dummies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NzFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA61 |location= |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd |page=61 |quote=These sorts of two-way words are called ''anadromes'', and roughly 900 of them exist in everyday English. |isbn=}}][{{cite book |last1=Luschnig |first1=Cecelia Eaton |author-link1=Cecelia Eaton Luschnig |last2=Luschnig |first2=Lance J. |date=2017 |title=Etyma II: An Introduction to Vocabulary Building from Latin and Greek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6mSDgAAQBAJ |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Hamilton Books |page=307 |quote=The other side of Palindrome is ''semordnilap''. [...] These are also called ''anadromes''. |isbn=}}]{{efn|Also called (often humorously) a '''semordnilap'''[{{Cite web|url=https://theweek.com/articles/447485/9-words-created-by-spelling-other-words-backwards|title=9 words created by spelling other words backwards|first=Arika|last=Okrent|date=April 29, 2014|website=theweek}}] or '''emordnilap''',[{{cite web | url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emordnilap-palindrome/ | title=Is 'Emordnilap' a Real Word? | date=13 December 2014 |work=Snopes}}] and sometimes called a '''levidrome'''.
*''Semordnilap'' is an anadrome of ''[palindrome](/source/palindrome)s''. According to author O. V. Michaelsen in his 1997 book ''Words at Play'', ''semordnilap'' was probably first used by recreational linguist [Dmitri Borgmann](/source/w%3ADmitri_Borgmann), cited by [Martin Gardner](/source/w%3AMartin_Gardner) in the revised edition of Charles Carroll Bombaugh's ''Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature'' (1961).[{{cite book |last=Bombaugh |first=Charles Carroll |date=1961 |title=Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f4kNAQAAIAAJ |location= |publisher=Dover Publications |page=345 |isbn=}}]
*Levi Budd, a boy from Toronto, Canada, coined ''levidrome'' in 2017, and there were attempts to get it recognized by [Merriam-Webster](/source/Merriam-Webster) and [Oxford English Dictionary](/source/Oxford_English_Dictionary).[{{Cite web|url=https://fox4kc.com/news/what-is-a-levidrome-merriam-webster-recognizes-new-word-in-honor-of-little-boy/|title=What is a “levidrome?” Merriam-Webster recognizes new word in honor of little boy|date=November 27, 2017}}] In 2018, Oxford replied that it is still not ready.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/latest-word-on-levidrome-oxford-says-its-not-ready-but-linguist-begs-to-differ-4666641|title=Latest word on 'levidrome': Oxford says it's not ready, but linguist begs to differ|date=October 14, 2018|website=Times Colonist}}] As of 2021, it is still being requested.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/a-victoria-10-year-old-created-a-word-for-a-linguistic-oddity-over-the-past-four-years-its-come-to-mean-so-much-more|title=A Victoria 10-year-old created a word for a linguistic oddity. Over the past four years, it's come to mean so much more |work=Capital Daily}}]}} is a word or phrase whose letters can be reversed to spell a different word or phrase. For example, ''desserts'' is an anadrome of ''stressed''. An anadrome is therefore a special type of [anagram](/source/anagram).
The word ''anadrome'' comes from Greek ''anádromos'' ([ἀνάδρομος](/source/Wiktionary%3A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82)), "running backward", and can be compared to ''palíndromos'' ([παλίνδρομος](/source/Wiktionary%3A%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82)), "running back again" (whence ''[palindrome](/source/palindrome)''). An anadrome is also called (often humorously) an emordnilap (palindrome backwards).
There is a long history (dating at least to the fourteenth century, as with [Trebor](/source/Trebor_(composer)) and [S. Uciredor](/source/S_Uciredor)) of alternate and invented names being created out of anadromes of real names; a [proper noun](/source/proper_noun) conceived in this way is sometimes called an '''ananym''', especially if it is used as personal [pseudonym](/source/pseudonym). Unlike typical anadromes, these anadromic formations often do not conform to any real names or words. Similarly cacographic anadromes are also characteristic of Victorian [back slang](/source/back_slang), where for example ''yob'' stands for ''boy''.
==Examples==
The English language has a very large number of single-word anadromes, by some counts more than 900.[ Examples include:
* two letters: ''am'' ↔ ''ma''; ''eh'' ↔ ''he''; ''ew'' ↔ ''we''; ''no'' ↔ ''on''
* three letters: ''bro'' ↔ ''orb''; ''dog'' ↔ ''god''; ''gum'' ↔ ''mug''; ''was'' ↔ ''saw''; ''nip'' ↔ ''pin''
* four letters: ''edit'' ↔ ''tide''; ''evil'' ↔ ''live''; ''liar'' ↔ ''rail''; ''part'' ↔ ''trap''
* five letters: ''denim'' ↔ ''mined''; ''knits'' ↔ ''stink''; ''lever'' ↔ ''revel''; ''peels'' ↔ ''sleep''
* six letters: ''denier'' ↔ ''reined''; ''diaper'' ↔ ''repaid''; ''drawer'' ↔ ''reward''; ''pupils'' ↔ ''slip-up''
* seven letters: ''amaroid'' ↔ ''diorama''; ''deliver'' ↔ ''reviled''; ''gateman'' ↔ ''nametag''
* eight letters: ''desserts'' ↔ ''stressed''
An anadrome can also be a phrase, as in ''no tops'' ↔ ''spot on''. The word ''redrum'' (i.e., "red rum") is used this way for ''murder'' in the [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King) novel ''[The Shining](/source/The_Shining_(novel))'' (1977) and [its film adaptation](/source/The_Shining_(film)) (1980).][{{cite book |last=Lederer |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Lederer (writer) |date=1998 |title=The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHlHFp9zG1wC&pg=PA89 |location=Springfield, Massachusetts |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc |page=89 |isbn=}}]
Anadromes exist in other written languages as well, as can be seen, for example, in [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) ''orar'' ("to pray") ↔ ''raro'' ("strange") or [French](/source/French_language) ''l'ami naturel'' ("the natural friend") ↔ ''le rut animal'' ("the animal rut").
===Invented anadromes===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!anadrome
!derivation
!description
!references
|-
|[daraf](/source/daraf)
|[farad](/source/farad)
|a unit of [elastance](/source/elastance) equal to the reciprocal farad
|
|-
|[emirp](/source/emirp)
|[prime](/source/prime_number)
|a prime number that results in a different prime when its digits are reversed
|
|-
|[gnip gnop](/source/Gnip_Gnop)
|[ping pong](/source/ping_pong)
|reminiscent of the other tabletop game
|
|-
|[mho](/source/mho)
|[ohm](/source/ohm)
|a unit of [electrical conductance](/source/electrical_conductance) which is the reciprocal of an ohm; now known by its official [SI](/source/International_System_of_Units) name "[siemens](/source/Siemens_(unit))", although mho is still sometimes used
| [{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mho|title=Definition of MHO|website=www.merriam-webster.com}}]
|-
|[namyats](/source/namyats)
|Stayman
|[bridge convention](/source/bridge_convention) invented by [Sam Stayman](/source/Sam_Stayman), who also invented the [Stayman convention](/source/Stayman_convention).
|[{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgehands.com/N/NAMYATS.htm|title=Namyats (4C, 4D, 4H, 4S) - Bridge Bidding Convention|date=22 January 2011|work=BridgeHands|accessdate=10 May 2016|location=Petaluma, California}}]
|-
|[nimda](/source/nimda)
|[admin](/source/System_administrator)
|the [computer worm](/source/computer_worm) assumed admin-like powers.
|
|-
|[tink](/source/Wiktionary%3Atink)
|[knit](/source/knitting)
|to unknit
|
|-
|[xallarap](/source/xallarap)
|[parallax](/source/parallax)
|converse microlensing effect
|
|-
|[yrneh](/source/yrneh)
|[henry](/source/henry_(unit))
|A unit of measurement for reciprocal electrical [inductance](/source/inductance).
|
|}
===Ananyms and anadromic names===
{{Dynamic list}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!ananym
!derivation
!description
!type
!references
|-
| [Adanac](/source/Adanac%2C_Nipissing_District%2C_Ontario)
| [Canada](/source/Canada)
| a tourist cottage in Ontario
| proper name
|
|-
|[[Coquitlam Adanacs|Adanac[s]]]
| [Canada](/source/Canada)
| a Canadian lacrosse team
| team name
|
|-
| [Adaven](/source/Adaven)
| [Nevada](/source/Nevada)
| ghost town
| proper name
|
|-
| [Airegin](/source/Airegin)
| [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
| composer [Sonny Rollins](/source/Sonny_Rollins) is [African American](/source/African_American)
| song name
|
|-
| [Aksarben](/source/Ak-Sar-Ben_(disambiguation))
| [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska)
| Various groups and locations in Nebraska
| proper name
|
|-
| Allerednic
| [Cinderella](/source/Cinderella)
| A "riches to rags" tale as opposed to Cinderella's [rags to riches](/source/rags_to_riches). Used by Jonathan Gershuny of high-achieving women whose careers stall after marriage.
| proper name
| [{{cite journal |last1=Gershuny |first1=Jonathan |title=Time Budgets, Life Histories and Social Position |journal=Quality and Quantity |date=1999 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=277–289 |doi=10.1023/A:1004648804214|s2cid=142779389 }}; {{cite news |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=Cherie Booth: Now you see her, now you don't |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/cherie-booth-now-you-see-her-now-you-dont-696686.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423213809/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/cherie-booth-now-you-see-her-now-you-dont-696686.html |archive-date=2019-04-23 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |accessdate=23 April 2019 |work=The Independent |date=13 August 2000 |language=en}}; {{cite news |last1=Hay |first1=Hannah Furness |title=Hay Festival 2013: Working women are Cinderella in reverse |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10090728/Hay-Festival-2013-Working-women-are-Cinderella-in-reverse.html |accessdate=23 April 2019 |date=31 May 2013}}]
|-
| [Alucard](/source/Alucard_(disambiguation))
| [Dracula](/source/Dracula)
| borne by various characters inspired by Bram Stoker's novel ''Dracula'' (1897)
| proper name
| [Room (2010), p.40]
|-
| [[C. W. Ceram|[C. W.] Ceram]]
| Marec
| pen name of German journalist K. W. Marek (latinized ''Marec'')
| pseudonym
| [Room (2010), p.99]
|-
| [Dioretsa](/source/20461_Dioretsa)
| [asteroid](/source/asteroid)
| asteroid with [retrograde orbit](/source/retrograde_orbit)
| proper name
| [{{cite web
|title = 20461 Dioretsa (1999 LD31)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=20461
|accessdate = 20 November 2018}}]
|-
| [Dnoces](/source/Iota_Ursae_Majoris)
| "second"
| [Apollo program](/source/Apollo_program) joke by Grissom, after [Edward H. White II](/source/Ed_White_(astronaut))
| proper name
|[{{cite book|last=Harland|first=David Michael|title=The first men on the moon: the story of Apollo 11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4jik85mL8EC&pg=PA136|access-date=22 February 2011|year=2007|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-387-34176-7|page=136}}]
|-
| ''[Erewhon](/source/Erewhon)''
| "nowhere"
| A [utopia](/source/utopia) and the title of an 1872 novel by [Samuel Butler](/source/Samuel_Butler_(novelist)). The [digraph <wh>](/source/wh_(digraph)) is not reversed. Many names within the book are also ananyms.
| proper name
| [{{cite journal|last=Balfour Daniels|first=R.|date=Winter 1969|title=Names in the Fiction of Samuel Butler (1835-1902)|journal=The South Central Bulletin|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press, South Central Modern Language Association|volume=29|issue=4|pages=129–132|doi=10.2307/3187333|jstor=3187333}}]
|-
| [Erised](/source/Magical_objects_in_Harry_Potter)
| "desire "
| The Mirror of Erised in ''[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/source/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone)'' bears the inscription in reverse: "I show not your face but your heart's ''desire.''"
| proper name
| [{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/what-we-can-learn-about-self-love-from-the-mirror-of-erised-in-harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone|title=What we can learn about self-love from the Mirror of Erised in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’|first=Hasina|last=Jeelani|date=November 16, 2021|website=Vogue India}}]
|-
| [Esio Trot](/source/Esio_Trot)
| "[tortoise](/source/tortoise)"
| children's book by [Roald Dahl](/source/Roald_Dahl)
| book name
|
|-
| [Essiac](/source/Essiac)
| Rene Caisse
| tea formula invented by Rene Caisse
| product name
|
|-
| [Etnaviv](/source/Free_and_open-source_graphics_device_driver)
| [Vivante](/source/Vivante_Corporation)
| open-source driver for Vivante GPU
| product name
|
|-
| [Regor](/source/Gamma_Velorum)
| Roger
| [Apollo program](/source/Apollo_program) joke by Grissom, after [Roger B. Chaffee](/source/Roger_B._Chaffee)
| proper name
| [{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/schoollunchitsor00smed|page=[https://archive.org/details/schoollunchitsor00smed/page/n238 171]|title=The school lunch: its organization and management in Philadelphia|publisher=[Emma Smedley](/source/Emma_Smedley)|first=Emma|last=Smedley|date=1920}}]
|-
| [Kroz](/source/Kroz_series)
| [Zork](/source/Zork)
| homage to older computer game
| product name
|
|-
| ''[Livic](/source/Livic)''
|"[[civil engineering|civil [engineering]]]"
| trade newspaper, "a reflection of Civil Engineering"
| company name
| [{{cite web | url=https://eiffelover.com/livic-at-three-years-old/ | title=Livic at three years old | date=23 March 2007 }}]
|-
| Llamedos
| "sod 'em all"
| in [Terry Pratchett](/source/Terry_Pratchett)'s [Discworld](/source/Discworld) novels (compare [Llareggub](/source/Llareggub))
| proper name
|
|-
| [Llareggub](/source/Llareggub)
| "bugger all"
| in ''[Under Milk Wood](/source/Under_Milk_Wood)''
| proper name
| [{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89230/story-behind-lewis-carrolls-unsolvable-riddle|title=The Story Behind Lewis Carroll’s Unsolvable Riddle|date=September 12, 2021|website=Mental Floss}}]
|-
| [Niloak Pottery](/source/Niloak_Pottery)
| "[kaolin](/source/kaolin)"
| material used in products
| company name
|
|-
| Nitsuga
| [Agustín](/source/Agust%C3%ADn)
| stage name of [Agustín Barrios-Mangoré](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Barrios-Mangor%C3%A9)
| pseudonym
|
|-
| Nogard
| "[dragon](/source/dragon)"
| character in [Alan F. Beck](/source/Alan_F._Beck) art series ''The Adventures of Nogard & Jackpot''
| proper name
| [Alan F. Beck, ''The Adventures of Nogard & Jackpot '', 2009. {{ISBN|978-1449519391}}]
|-
| [Nomad](/source/Nomad_(British_band))
| [Damon](/source/Damon_(given_name))
| named for founding member Damon Rochefort
| band name
|
|-
|[[Nomar Garciaparra|Nomar [Garciaparra]]]
| Ramon
| for his father, Ramon Garciaparra
| proper name
|
|-
| [Nujabes](/source/Nujabes)
| Seba Jun
| stage name of Jun Seba
| pseudonym
|
|-
| OAT (organizing autonomous telecomms)
| [TAO (The Anarchy Organization)](/source/TAO_(collective))
| OAT stands for "Organizing Autonomous Telecomms", a reverse [backronym](/source/backronym) of its former name TAO, "The Anarchy Organization"
| organization name
|
|-
| [Posdnuos](/source/Kelvin_Mercer)
| "sound sop"
| stage name of Kelvin Mercer
| pseudonym
| [{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=1989-05-18 |title=DE LA SOUL'S MIND-BENDING RAP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/18/de-la-souls-mind-bending-rap/af8f9493-1894-41e2-88f2-ed2057247d0b/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}]
|-
|[Rae Sremmurd](/source/Rae_Sremmurd)
|"Ear" "Drummers"
|first act signed to hip-hop label [EarDrummers Records](/source/Mike_Will_Made_It)
|band name
|
|-
| [Rednaxela Terrace](/source/Rednaxela_Terrace), Hong Kong
| Alexander
| believed to have been originally named after a Mr. Alexander, who partially owned the street, but reversed due to a clerical error
| proper name
| [{{cite book |title= Signs of a Colonial Era|last1= Yanne|first1=Andrew|last2= Heller|first2= Gillis|year= 2009|publisher=[Hong Kong University Press](/source/Hong_Kong_University_Press)|page= 143|isbn= 9789622099449}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1987092/stories-behind-hong-kong-street-names-rednaxela-terrace-and|title=Stories behind Hong Kong street names: Rednaxela Terrace and its famous resident|work=South China Morning Post|date=8 July 2016 }}]
|-
| [Rekkof Aircraft](/source/Rekkof_Aircraft)
| [Fokker](/source/Fokker)
| Rekkof aircraft are based on Fokker designs. Also Rekkof Restart. Now Fokker Next Gen.
| company name
| [{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fokkers-back-in-the-airplane-building-game/ | title=Fokker's Back in the Airplane-Building Game - CBS News | website=[CBS News](/source/CBS_News) | date=10 March 2010 }}]
|-
| [Rellim](/source/Rellim_Farm)
| Miller
| a farm in West Virginia, named for founder Paul Miller
| proper name
|
|-
| [Revilo](/source/Oliver_Christianson)
| [Oliver](/source/Oliver_(given_name))
| pen name of cartoonist Oliver Christianson
| pseudonym
|
|-
|[[Revilo P. Oliver|Revilo [P. Oliver]]]
| [[Revilo P. Oliver|[Revilo P.] Oliver]]
| Revilo was philologist Revilo P. Oliver's name at birth
| proper name
|
|-
| [Ridan](/source/Ridan_(horse))
| [Nadir](/source/Nadir_(horse))
| named after another horse
| proper name
|
|-
| [로꾸거 (Rokuko)](/source/Rokuko)
| 거꾸로 (gokkuro)
| backwards for [Korean](/source/Korean_language) for "backwards"
| song name
|
|-
| [Rotanev](/source/Beta_Delphini)
| Venator
| after [Niccolò Cacciatore](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Cacciatore) (Called ''Nicolaus Venator'' in Latin)
| proper name
| [{{Cite web|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/opinion/2021/12/03/what-ananyms-and-anadromes-look-backward-names-and-words/8847630002/|title=Grammar Guy: A look back at backward words|first=Curtis|last=Honeycutt|website=Savannah Morning News}}]
|-
| [Senim Silla](/source/Senim_Silla)
| "All is mines."
| stage name of hip hop artist Ross Rowe; "mines" is [African-American Vernacular](/source/African-American_Vernacular_English) for "mine"
| pseudonym
| [{{cite web|url=http://www.platform8470.com/artists/ai_senimsilla.asp |title=Senim Silla: return of a star |author=Crazy Illa Wulf |date=May 2007 |work=platform8470 |accessdate=22 February 2011 |location=Gistel, Belgium |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827220003/http://www.platform8470.com/artists/ai_senimsilla.asp |archivedate=27 August 2008 }}]
|-
| Senrab [Street]
| Barnes
| a street in [Stepney](/source/Stepney) (whence [Senrab F.C.](/source/Senrab_F.C.)), near Barnes Street
| proper name
|
|-
| ''[Sevas Tra](/source/Sevas_Tra)''
| "Art saves."
| debut album of [Otep](/source/Otep)
| album name
|
|-
|[[Soma Records (U.S. label)|Soma [Records]]]
| [Amos](/source/Amos_(name))
| after owner Amos Heilicher
| company name
|
|-
| [Strebor](/source/Strebor)
| Roberts
| altered from the company's original name, the Roberts Company
| company name
|
|-
| [Sualocin](/source/Alpha_Delphini)
| [Nicolaus](/source/Nicolaus)
| after [Niccolò Cacciatore](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Cacciatore) (Called ''Nicolaus Venator'' in Latin)
| proper name
| [{{cite book|last1=Ridpath|first1=Ian|last2=Tirion|first2=Wil|title=Stars and planets: the most complete guide to the stars, planets, galaxies, and the solar system|year=2007|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-13556-4|page=140}}]
|-
| Tesremos
| Somerset
| pen name of [Derrick Somerset Macnutt](/source/Derrick_Somerset_Macnutt)
| pseudonym
|[Room (2010), p.517]
|-
| [Trebloc](/source/Trebloc%2C_Mississippi)
| Colbert
| place in Mississippi, named for a local family, whose name is found in many places, and thus altered "to avoid further repetition"
| proper name
| [{{cite journal|last=Phelps|first=Dawson A.|author2=Edward Hunter Ross|date=Fall 1952|title=Names Please: Place Names along the Natchez Trace|journal=The Journal of Mississippi History|publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Historical Society|volume=14|page=240|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/pubs/natchez_place-names.pdf#page=24|access-date=2011-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007112216/http://mdah.state.ms.us/pubs/natchez_place-names.pdf#page=24|archive-date=2010-10-07|url-status=dead}}]
|-
| [Trebor](/source/Trebor_(composer))
| [Robert](/source/Robert)
| 14th-century composer whose real name may have been Robert
| pseudonym
|
|-
| [Trebor](/source/Trebor_(confectionery))
| [Robert](/source/Robert)
| Trebor is a confectionary founded by Robert Robertson
| company name
|
|-
| Trebor
| [Robert](/source/Robert)
| [Robert Trebor](/source/Robert_Trebor) is the stage name of actor Robert Schenkman.
| pseudonym
|
|-
| Trebor and Werdna
| [Robert {{Bracket|Woodhead}}](/source/Robert_Woodhead) and [Andrew {{Bracket|C. Greenberg}}](/source/Andrew_C._Greenberg)
| characters in ''[Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord](/source/Wizardry%3A_Proving_Grounds_of_the_Mad_Overlord)'' computer game named after its programmers
| proper name
|
|-
|[[David Jude Jolicoeur|Trugoy [the Dove]]]
| "[yogurt](/source/yogurt)"
| stage name of David Jude Jolicoeur, due to his fondness for yogurt
| pseudonym
| [{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2023 |title=De La Soul co-founder Trugoy the Dove dead at 54 |url=https://apnews.com/article/trugoy-the-dove-dies-obituary-de-la-soul-music-86ebc0545ff2111c7b0fc6e6f491ef78 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=AP News}}]
|-
| [Xvid](/source/Xvid)
| [DivX](/source/DivX)
| a competitor
| company name
|
|-
| [Yarg](/source/Yarg)
| Gray
| Allan and Jenny Gray revived the recipe
| product name
|
|-
| [Yellek](/source/Yellek%2C_Ontario)
| [Kelley](/source/Kelley_(name))
| named for R. J. Kelley, trainmaster at the passing point
| proper name
|
|-
| [Stanley] Yelnats
| Stanley [Yelnats]
| the main character in [Louis Sachar](/source/Louis_Sachar)'s novel ''[Holes](/source/Holes_(novel))''
| proper name
|
|-
| [Yen Sid](/source/List_of_Fantasia_(franchise)_characters)
| [Disney](/source/Walt_Disney)
| the powerful sorcerer in ''[Fantasia](/source/Fantasia_(1940_film))'' (1940), whose apprentice [Mickey Mouse](/source/Mickey_Mouse) causes mayhem after borrowing his master's hat
| proper name
| [{{cite book|last=Koehler|first=Dorene|title=The Mouse and the Myth: Sacred Art and Secular Ritual of Disneyland|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2017|page=161}}]
|}
Many jazz titles were written by reversing names or nouns: [Ecaroh](/source/Ecaroh) inverts the spelling of its composer [Horace Silver](/source/Horace_Silver)'s Christian name. [Sonny Rollins](/source/Sonny_Rollins) dedicated to [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) a tune called "[Airegin](/source/Airegin)".
A number of [Pokémon](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon) species, such as the snake Pokémon [Ekans](/source/Ekans) and [Arbok](/source/Arbok) (''[cobra](/source/cobra)'' backwards with a K), have anadromic names.
==See also==
* [Anagram](/source/Anagram)
* [Back slang](/source/Back_slang), use of invented anadromes as coded language
* [List of geographic anagrams and ananyms](/source/List_of_geographic_anagrams_and_ananyms)
* [Palindrome](/source/Palindrome)
* ''[Verlan](/source/Verlan)''
* [:Category:Names derived from word reversals](/source/%3ACategory%3ANames_derived_from_word_reversals)
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
* {{cite book|last=Room|first=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C|access-date=15 January 2011|date=2010-07-26|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4373-4}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{wiktionary-inline}}
Category:Word games
Category:Lists of names
Category:Anagrams
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