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This article lists commonly-used metonyms. Since metonymy<ref group="n">The process by which metonyms are formed</ref> is a productive process, new metonyms will be coined and existing ones will fall into disuse.

== Objects ==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''bar'' | The bar in a courtroom that separates judges and lawyers from laypeople | All the lawyers licensed to practise law in a certain court or jurisdiction<ref name="TraugottDasher2002">{{cite book |last1=Traugott |first1=Elizabeth Closs |last2=Dasher |first2=Richard B. |title=Regularity in Semantic Change |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v5-doRQ6SawC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-43115-6}}</ref> |- | ''bed'' | Furniture used for sleeping or reclining | Sexual relations between individuals<ref>{{cite book|year=2018|author=David Greenham|title=Close Reading: The Basics|publisher=Routledge|quote='sheets' metonymically signify the marriage bed of this mother and uncle, and using a second order metonym, bed figures sex}}</ref> |- | ''bench'' | The location in a courtroom where a judge sits when presiding over a court | All the judges of a court or jurisdiction; members of a judiciary; the presiding officer (judge) in a court<ref name="Harris">{{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Judith A. |title=Recognizing legal tropes: Metonymy as manipulative mode |journal=The American University Law Review |volume=34 |year=1985 |pages=1215–1229}}</ref> |- | {{nowrap|''boots on the ground''}}&nbsp;&nbsp; | Footwear worn by soldiers<!--[only?:] in combat--> | Combat troops deployed in a geographic area (as opposed to those awaiting deployment and/or in aircraft or ships offshore)<ref name="safire">{{cite news |last=Safire |first=William |title=Synecdoche |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-safire-t.html?_r=0 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 December 2008}}</ref> |- | ''box office'' | A place where tickets are sold; including for films | Refers to measuring the popularity and financial success of a film. "The film is a hit at the box office."{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} |- | ''brass'' | A metal alloy used for or in the manufacture of e.g. buttons, insignia and musical instruments | Military and police officers,<ref name="Ruhl1989">{{cite book |last=Ruhl |first=Charles |title=Acts of Arguing: A Rhetorical Model of Argument |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbTiRXFagpAC&pg=PA97 |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=1989 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1827-8}}</ref> often also referring to managers/bosses outside the uniformed<ref>{{cite book |last1=Machin |first1=David |last2=Mayr |first2=Andrea |title=How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Introduction |date=11 February 2023 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=Los Angeles |isbn=9781529783759 |page=233 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/How_to_Do_Critical_Discourse_Analysis/fHKHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=military+brass+metonymy&pg=PA233&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> |- | ''bullpen'' | The area of a baseball field used by relief pitchers to warm up for a game | A baseball team's roster of relief pitchers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Le |first1=Tien |title=PETA wants MLB to rename the 'bullpen' to 'arm barn' |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050485610/peta-wants-mlb-to-rename-the-bullpen-to-arm-barn |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=NPR |date=29 October 2021 |quote=In baseball, a bullpen refers to both the group of relief pitchers and the physical area where the pitchers warm up.}}</ref> |- | ''cap'' | White silk hats given to players each time they played for the England national football team | A player's appearance in a game at the international level<ref>{{cite web|title=What does the term 'Cap' mean in sport?|date=4 February 2014 |url=https://albionsports.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/what-does-the-term-cap-mean-in-sport/ |publisher=albionsports.wordpress.com|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> |- | ''china'' | A country | Chinese porcelain or other types of ceramic<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''city hall'' | A city's chief administrative building | Local government or, more pejoratively, government in general<ref name="Harris"/> |- | ''corner office'' | An office on a building corner with more windows | Corporate leadership,<ref name="auto1">Frankel, Dr Lois P. Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers. Business Plus, 2004</ref> or the Governor of Massachusetts (see below)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Ryan|title=A Brief History: Governors of Massachusetts|url=https://www.sutori.com/story/a-brief-history-governors-of-massachusetts--SXppw7HfkKStSo5ZAaqAsGv7|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.sutori.com|language=en|quote=Since the Governor has no official residence, the expression "corner office," rather than "Governor's mansion," is commonly used in the press as a metonym for the office of Governor.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721143552/https://www.sutori.com/story/a-brief-history-governors-of-massachusetts--SXppw7HfkKStSo5ZAaqAsGv7 |archive-date=2021-07-21 }}</ref> |- | ''crown'' | A type of monarchical headwear | Monarchy, especially the British monarchy (as "The Crown")<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Richard M. |last2=van Bergen |first2=Linda |title=Historical Linguistics 1995: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Manchester, August 1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zl7Asemn7xkC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=1998 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-3667-8}}</ref> |- | ''dish'' | An item on which food is served or eaten | A course of a meal, or the foundation of a course (usually the main course)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paprotté |first1=Wolf |last2=Dirven |first2=René |title=The Ubiquity of Metaphor: Metaphor in Language and Thought |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6ioXBHvdOAC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=1985 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-3521-3}}</ref> |- | ''gun'' | A firearm | An assassin, mercenary or soldier (as in "hired gun")<ref name="Killingsworth2005">{{cite book |last=Killingsworth |first=M. Jimmie |title=Appeals in Modern Rhetoric: An Ordinary-language Approach |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcwORFkDnJ4C |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=2005 |publisher=SIU Press |isbn=978-0-8093-8826-4}}</ref> |- |''lead'' | A heavy metal used to manufacture ammunition | Bullets<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=utd_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124|title=Semiotics: The Basics|first=Daniel|last=Chandler|page=124|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=978-1134324767}}</ref> |- | ''mortal'' | Subject to death | Human<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panther |first1=Klaus-Uwe |last2=Radden |first2=Günter |title=Metonymy in Language and Thought |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82R4CnbaQ0kC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=1999 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-2356-2}}</ref> |- | pen || A writing instrument || A written words, communication or journalism |- | ''pink slip'' | A discharge notice; historically, a pink colored slip of paper in an employee's pay envelope | A layoff or termination of employment<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Greisdorf |first1=Howard |last2=O'Connor |first2=Brian |title=Modelling what users see when they look at images: A cognitive viewpoint |journal=Journal of Documentation |year=2002 |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=6–30 |doi=10.1108/00220410210425386}}</ref> |- | ''press'' | A machine used to print newspapers | Journalists, reporters, or others who write or announce the news |- | ''record label'' | The circular label in the center of a vinyl record displaying the manufacturer's name | A music company involved in producing, marketing, and distributing music recordings and music videos<ref>{{cite web |title=label (n.) |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/label |website=Online Etymological Dictionary |publisher=Douglas Harper |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> |- | ''red tape'' | Tape that is coloured red | An over-bureaucratic process<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hood |first1=Christopher |title=The Art of the State : Culture, Rhetoric, and Public Management |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSLd6saDjREC&q=Red+tape+metonym&pg=PA184 |accessdate=19 August 2015 |year=1998 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=9780191521126|pages=184}}</ref> |- | {{nowrap|''shovels in the ground''}}&nbsp;&nbsp; | Digging in the soil using a variety of tools or machines | Commencement of a construction project – usually one that is major or infrastructural<ref name="transmountain">{{cite news |last=unknown |first=unknown |title=Time to put shovels in the ground on Trans Mountain |url=https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-time-to-put-shovels-in-the-ground-on-trans-mountain |accessdate=23 April 2021 |newspaper=The Edmonton Sun |date=19 January 2020}}</ref> |- | ''slate'' | A writing tablet made of slate | A written record of a debt, particularly in a small shop or public house<ref>{{OED|slate n<sup>1</sup>2.d.|1122401179}}</ref> |- |- | ''suits'' | Business attire (plural) | Business executives and lawyers<ref name="Killingsworth2005"/> |- | ''sweat'' | Perspiration | Hard (physical) work<ref name="Hanks2013">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |title=Lexical Analysis: Norms and Exploitations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpymkHkC0WYC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |date=1 January 2013 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-01857-9}}</ref> |- | ''title'' | A name given to a book, video game, film, piece of software, or other piece of creative work. | A piece of published work itself. <ref name="title">{{cite web |title=Definition of TITLE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |date=4 February 2026}}</ref> |- | ''tongue'' | Oral muscle | A language or dialect<ref name="PantherThornburg2003">{{cite book |last1=Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez |first1=Francisco José |last2=Pérez Hernández |first2=Lorena |chapter=Cognitive operations and pragmatic implication |editor=Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg |title=Metonymy and Pragmatic Inferencing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RBw2lTvCSIC |accessdate=6 August 2013 |year=2003 |publisher=John Benjamins |isbn=978-90-272-5355-2}}</ref> |}

== Places == ===Africa=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''Arat Kilo'' | Neighborhood in Addis Ababa | The Federal Government of Ethiopia{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} |- | ''Ikulu'' | The official residence of the president of Tanzania | The State House and its administration<ref name="Molony2014">{{cite book|author=Thomas Molony|title=Nyerere: The Early Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDE3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|date=1 June 2014|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-1-84701-090-2|pages=23–}}</ref> |}

===Asia=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''Bangalore'' |A city in Southern India |The Indian technology industry<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cornish |first1=Chloe |title=Bangalore keeps its crown as India's high-growth tech hub |url=https://www.ft.com/content/022aa805-3699-4bac-a845-81c95d015bc2 |website=Financial Times |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=7 April 2022}}</ref> |- | ''Beijing'' |The capital of China |The Chinese government, particularly the leadership<ref name="Jensen2009">{{cite book|author=Kristian T.H. Jensen|editor=S. Göpferich|editor2=A. Lykke Jakobsen|editor3=I. Mees|title=Behind the Mind: Methods, Models and Results in Translation Process Research|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtdzonpqAiAC&pg=PA61|year=2009|publisher=Samfundslitteratur|isbn=978-87-593-1462-3|pages=61–80|chapter=Indicators of text complexity}}</ref> |- | ''Fukushima'' | A city in Japan | The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster<ref name="Arimitsu">{{cite journal|last=Arimitsu|first=Nami|year=2015|title=Analisando a Colocação da Metonímia ("THE PLACE FOR THE EVENT") Objetivando Atenuação de Situações Negativas|journal=Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada|volume=15|pages=475–502|doi=10.1590/1984-639820156138|doi-access=free}}</ref> |- | ''Hiroshima'' and ''Nagasaki'' | Two cities in southwestern Japan | The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Allied forces in August 1945<ref name="Arimitsu" /> |- | ''Malacañang'' | Official residence of the president of the Philippines | The Philippine Government, particularly the President, the Cabinet and their advisers, and the officials under the Office of the President of the Philippines<ref name="malacañang">{{Cite news | last=Patterson | first=James | title=Commuting Becomes A Nightmare In Manila As Mass Transit System Breaks Down | url=https://www.ibtimes.com/commuting-becomes-nightmare-manila-mass-transit-system-breaks-down-2842209 | work=International Business Times | date=October 9, 2019 | access-date=December 17, 2025}}</ref> |- |''Raisina Hill'' |A hill in Lutyens' Delhi, New Delhi |The Government of India<ref>{{cite news |title=Independence Day 2023: What is the history of Raisina Hill and how did the term originate? |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/explainer/report-independence-day-2023-what-is-the-history-of-raisina-hill-and-how-did-the-term-originate-3055209 |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=Daily News and Analysis |publisher=Essel Group |location=Mumbai}}</ref> |- |''Senayan'' |A subdistrict of South Jakarta |The People's Consultative Assembly, its members, and the leadership of Indonesia's various political parties<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=27 October 2025 |title=A New Way to Control Senayan |url=https://magz.tempo.co/read/opinion/43594/sjafrie-sjamsoeddins-political-moves |magazine=Tempo |location=Jakarta |edition=English |publisher=Tempo Media Group |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251227235059/https://magz.tempo.co/read/opinion/43594/sjafrie-sjamsoeddins-political-moves |archive-date=27 December 2025 |access-date=26 March 2026}}</ref> |- |''Tehran'' |The capital city of Iran |The Government of Iran<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/07/iran-500bn-tollbooth-change-middle-east-shipping-hormuz/ |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|title=Tehran’s $500bn ‘tollbooth’ would change shape of Middle East forever}}</ref> |- | ''Zhongnanhai'' | A former imperial garden adjacent to an eponymous lake in central Beijing, now used as residences | The leadership of the Chinese government<ref name=Zhongnanhai>{{cite book|last1=Lockwood|first1=Robert|title=A Dragon Defanged|date=2012|publisher=Xilibris Corporation|isbn=9781479743827|page=303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OS8TLn7vdEC&pg=PA303|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Zion'' | A mountain located in Israel | The city of Jerusalem or the people associated with it<ref>{{cite book|last=Rom-Shiloni|first=Dalit|title=Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts Between the Exiles and the People who Remained (6th–5th Centuries BCE)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffE3AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|year=2013|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-12244-5|page=54}}</ref> |}

===Europe=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | {{nowrap|''10 Downing Street<br/>("Number 10")''}} | The official residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom<ref group="n">Technically, 10 Downing Street is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, not the prime minister. However, the two offices have been held by the same person since the early 20th century.</ref> | The prime minister and their staff,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kovecses |first=Zoltan |title=Metaphor: A Practical Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqC2y3FUJeIC |accessdate=31 October 2013 |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-988842-9}}</ref> often meaning more broadly the UK Government |- |''Brussels'' |The capital of Belgium |The government of the European Union<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/09/06/world/europe/06reuters-britain-russia-eu.html |title=EU Governments Must Decide on New Russia Sanctions, Brussels Says |accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Buckingham Palace'' or ''the Palace'' | A large building in London that is the official residence of the reigning British sovereign | The British royal family and its staff<ref name="Buckingham Palace">{{cite book|last1=Geeraerts|first1=Dirk|last2=Cuyckens|first2=Herbert|title=The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics|date=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199738632|pages=237–38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJg_CxmxrKkC&pg=PA237|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''The City'' | The City of London, the part of Central London, England, that has the longest continuous recorded history | The financial (and related) institutions in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford Dictionaries |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/city#city__10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111060832/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/city?#city__10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=5 November 2014}}</ref> |- | ''Davos'' | A town in Switzerland | The World Economic Forum<ref>{{cite book |year=2015|author=John Lanchester|title=How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means|ISBN=9780571309849|quote=Davos. Another metonym: it's a place in Switzerland, the setting for Thomas Mann's novel ''The Magic Mountain'', but also the place where the World Economic Forum has its annual meeting}}</ref> |- | ''Fleet Street'' | A street in the City of London | The British national press<ref>Lauren Laverne, [https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/oct/06/high-street-internet-virtual-shopping "When the high street meets the internet"], ''The Observer'', London, 6 October 2013. Retrieved on 3 January 2014.</ref> |- | ''The Hague'' | A city in the Netherlands | The International Criminal Court or International Court of Justice, both of which have their seat in the city<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bosco|first1=David|title=How to Avoid Getting Hauled Before The Hague|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/01/how-to-avoid-getting-hauled-before-the-hague-palestine-international-criminal-court/|website=Foreign Policy|date=April 2015 |accessdate=8 June 2017|ref=1 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Banda|first1=Mabvuto|title=Malawi plans to take lake dispute with Tanzania to The Hague|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/africa/2017-05-17-malawi-plans-to-take-lake-dispute-with-tanzania-to-the-hague/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=Business Day|date=17 May 2017}}</ref> |- | ''Hillsborough'' |Hillsborough an area of Sheffield, United Kingdom and location of Hillsborough Stadium. |The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 where 97 Liverpool F.C. fans died in a human crush. Also used as a word for police corruption and cover-up.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Guardian view on checking abuse of public power: after Hillsborough, count the value, not the cost|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/27/the-guardian-view-on-checking-abuse-of-public-power-after-hillsborough-count-the-value-not-the-cost|accessdate=8 May 2016|agency=The Guardian|work=The Guardian|date=27 April 2016}}</ref> |- | ''Holyrood'' | An area in Edinburgh | The Scottish Parliament, which is located in that area, or more generally the Scottish Government<ref>{{cite journal|last=Higgins|first=Michael|title=Putting the Nation in the News: the Role of Location Formulation in a Selection of Scottish Newspapers|journal=Discourse & Society|volume=15|pages=633–648|year=2016|issue=5|doi=10.1177/0957926504045035|s2cid=144778466}}</ref> |- | ''Horse Guards'' | A cavalry barracks at Whitehall, London | Commander-in-chief of the British army and his staff before 1857<ref>{{OED|term=horse guard|id=9365369578}}</ref> |- | ''Hrad ("The Castle")'' | The Prague Castle and official residence and office of the president of the Czech Republic | The president of the Czech Republic and his or her staff, and also the Czech Republic as a whole<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zantovské Murray|first1=Irena|title=Our Slav Acropolis: Language and Architecture in the Prague Castle under Masaryk|url=http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1423772563021~437|website=McGill University|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Kastilja'' or ''Castile'' | Auberge de Castille, an 18th-century auberge in the Maltese capital Valletta | The Office of the Prime Minister of Malta<ref>{{cite web|title=Deputat tal-PN tallega li hemm 'direct link' bejn Kastilja u l-MEPA|url=http://www.inewsmalta.com/dart/20150616-deputat-tal-pn-tallega-li-hemm-direct-link-bejn-kastilja-mepa|website=inewsmalta.com|accessdate=17 June 2015|date=16 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617205611/http://www.inewsmalta.com/dart/20150616-deputat-tal-pn-tallega-li-hemm-direct-link-bejn-kastilja-mepa|archive-date=17 June 2015|df=dmy-all|language=mt}}</ref> |- | ''The Kremlin'' | A historic type of Russian fortress or citadel | The Moscow Kremlin and/or the Russian presidential administration; historically, any Russian or Soviet government (e.g. Kremlinology)<ref name="Lakoff2008">{{cite book|last=Lakoff|first=George|author-link=George Lakoff|title=Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfCnzSF9de8C&pg=PA77|accessdate=7 January 2017|year=2008|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-47101-3|page=77|chapter=Metonymic models}}</ref> |- |''M25'' | A motorway circling the London conurbation | London, or the Greater London urban area, though the two boundaries do not precisely coincide<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15474473 |title=M25: 10 ways it has changed lives|publisher=BBC|date=29 October 2011|accessdate=4 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/09/14/do-you-really-live-in-london-no-one-is-sure-where-the-boundary-to-the-city-is-5390789/ |title=Do you really live in London? No one is sure where the boundary to the city is…|publisher=Metro|date=14 September 2015|accessdate=4 June 2020}}</ref> |- |''Moncloa'' | Palace of Moncloa, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Spain | The Spanish central government<ref name="moncloa">{{Cite news | last=Molina | first=Edu | title=¿Por qué La Moncloa se llama así? El desconocido origen del nombre de la residencia de Pedro Sánchez | trans-title=Why is Moncloa named as such? The unknown origin of the name of the residence of Pedro Sánchez | url=https://www.eldiario.es/spin/moncloa-llama-desconocido-origen-nombre-residencia-pedro-sanchez_1_12298228.html | language=es | work=elDiario.es | date=May 14, 2025 | access-date=December 21, 2025}}</ref> |- |''North of Watford'' | Watford Gap, a low point in a hill range used as a divide between North and South England | The North of England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/north-of-watford|title=north of Watford &#124; meaning of north of Watford in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English &#124; LDOCE}}</ref> |- | ''Quai d'Orsay'' | A wharf and adjoining street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France | The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, which is located at 37 Quai d'Orsay<ref>{{cite web|title=French Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs|url=http://www.globalhand.org/en/organisations/24605|website=Global Hand|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Savile Row'' | A short street in central London | The high-quality bespoke men's suits made by tailors' shops on the street<ref name="Savile Row">{{cite web|title=What Makes a Savile Row Suit?|url=https://www.birchbox.com/guide/article/what-makes-a-savile-row-suit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728041315/http://www.birchbox.com/guide/article/what-makes-a-savile-row-suit|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2013|publisher=Birchbox|date=July 2013|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Scotland Yard'' ("''The Yard''") | The original public entrance (via "Great Scotland Yard") to the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Service | London or British police, especially detectives<ref>{{cite book|last=Newton|first=Stephen Leslie |title=German/English Lexicographical Contrasts: City, Queen (quean), Yard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2BMAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|page=75}}</ref> |- | ''Stormont'' | An estate in County Down, east of Belfast | The Northern Ireland Assembly<ref name="Stormont">{{cite web|title=May's plan to give Stormont a backstop veto enrages EU envoys|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/24/mays-plan-to-give-stormont-a-backstop-veto-enrages-eu-envoys|publisher=The Guardian Weekly|date=24 September 2018|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Sublime Porte'' | A gate giving access to a block of government buildings in Istanbul, Turkey | The Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire (sometimes, more specifically, its foreign policies and relations)<ref name="JohnsonSabean2011">{{cite book |author1=Christopher H. Johnson |author2=David Warren Sabean |author3=Simon Teuscher |author4=Francesca Trivellato |author4-link=Francesca Trivellato |title=Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Beyond: Experiences Since the Middle Ages |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45IxAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 |date=15 August 2011 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-0-85745-184-2 |page=52}}</ref> |- | ''Tamminiemi'' | A villa in Helsinki and a former official residence of the president of Finland | Historically the president of Finland, mostly associated with Urho Kekkonen<ref name="Tamminiemi">{{cite web|last=Wadenström|first=Rolf|title=Innocent Metaphors and Less Innocent Ones|url=http://www.wadenstrom.net/artiklar/meta.htm|accessdate=30 January 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Threadneedle Street'' | A street in the City of London | The Bank of England and/or its directors<ref>{{cite book |last=Dreiser |first=Theodore |author-link=Theodore Dreiser |title=A Traveler at Forty |year=2004 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-02913-4}}</ref> |- | ''The Vatican'' | A small sovereign state located in Rome, Italy | The Holy See, and the Roman Catholic Church in general<ref name="The Vatican">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Dee|title=Vatican Ordered to Release Records for Sex-Abuse Case|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/04/25/36064.htm|publisher=Courthouse News Service|date=25 April 2011|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Westminster'' | A part of Central London, England | The Parliament of the United Kingdom<ref name="University of Cambridge">{{cite web |title=The Virtual Classroom Glossary of Literary Terms |url=http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/classroom/terms.htm#metonymy |work=Faculty of English: Classroom |publisher=University of Cambridge |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="Stephenson" /> |- | ''Whitehall'' | A street in the City of Westminster borough of London | The Civil Service of the United Kingdom, or more generally the Government of the United Kingdom; the term is often used in a similar context to "Westminster" (above)<ref name="University of Cambridge"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford Dictionaries |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Whitehall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725003626/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Whitehall |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref> |- | ''Wilhelmstraße'' | A street in Berlin, Germany | The Federal Foreign Office of Germany<ref name="Stephenson">{{cite book |last1=Stephenson |first1=Charles |title=A box of sand: the Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912 the first land, sea and air war |date=2014 |publisher=Tattered Flag Press |location=Ticehurst |isbn=9780957689220 |page=253}}</ref> |- |}

===North America=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''Armonk'' | Armonk, New York, where the headquarters of IBM is located | IBM<ref name="shankland20030129">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-linux-is-the-logical-successor/ | title=IBM: Linux is the 'logical successor' | work=CNet | date=2003-01-29 | accessdate=30 January 2016 | author=Shankland, Stephen}}</ref> |- | ''Bay Street'' | A street in downtown Toronto | The Canadian financial sector, since the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the headquarters of the five major Canadian banks, are located there<ref name="Observer Bay Street">{{cite news|last=Pomosrki|first=Chris|title=The Dragon's Den: Flashy Canadian Financier Takes Wing from Tribeca Pad for $4.08 M|url=http://observer.com/2014/11/the-dragons-den-flashy-canadian-financier-takes-wing-from-tribeca-pad-for-4-08-m/|newspaper=The New York Observer|date=24 November 2014|accessdate=1 August 2015|quote=It's easy to forget that before 'Wall Street' became a metonym for all things investment banking-related, in the United States and beyond, it was merely a narrow east-west thoroughfare eight blocks long. It's still that, of course, in addition to all the rest, and other cities in other countries have their own Wall Streets, as well. Located in downtown Toronto, Bay Street represents Canada's equivalent.}}</ref> |- |''Beacon Hill'' |A neighborhood in Boston | The state government of Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/30/business/beacon-hill-has-money-problem-too-much-it/ |url-access=limited|title=Beacon Hill has a money problem: too much of it|website=The Boston Globe|date=2022-08-30}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=November 2022|reason=Access is limited; free portion does not mention metonymy.}} |- | ''Beverly Hills'' | Beverly Hills, California, a rich enclave of Los Angeles | Rich and famous people<ref>{{cite book|last=Weiner|first=Richard|title=The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media|url=https://archive.org/details/skinnyaboutbestb00wein|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=Random House Reference|isbn=978-0-375-72147-2}}</ref> |- | ''Broadway'' | A street in Manhattan, New York City | Broadway theatre; sometimes, although less accurately, commercial American theatre in general<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''Capitol Hill'' or ''the Hill'' | A neighborhood in Washington, D.C. | The United States Congress<ref name="Coast to Coast Road Trip">{{cite book|last1=Swayne|first1=Samuel|title=Coast to Coast Road Trip USA with Young Children|date=2013|publisher=Grosvenor House Publishing|isbn=9781781481844|page=128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHK8d7FSVUQC&pg=PT128}}</ref> |- | ''Cooperstown'' | A village in upstate New York | The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Cooperstown, New York<ref>{{cite book |last=Berstler |first=Brenda |title=Home Plate: The Culinary Road Trip of Cooperstown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GT3cuKPCdWAC&pg=PA5 |accessdate=30 October 2013 |year=2007 |publisher=Savor New York |isbn=978-0-9796802-0-5}}</ref> |- | ''Columbine'' | An unincorporated community in Colorado | The Columbine High School massacre, or school shootings generally |- | ''Corner office'' | An office on a building corner with more windows | Corporate leadership (see above)<ref name="auto1"/> or the office of the Governor of Massachusetts in the Massachusetts State House<ref name="auto"/> |- |''Cupertino'' |A city in California |Apple Inc., whose headquarters are located there<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Apple lawsuit settlement lets devs charge up to $10,000 for an app |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/96888-apple-lawsuit-settlement-devs-charge-up-10000-app.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=TechSpot |language=en-US |quote=Cupertino says the change is to give devs more flexibility in how they price their apps globally}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2024|reason=Appears to use, but not mention the metonym}} |- | ''Detroit'' | The largest city in Michigan | The American automobile industry<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/places/mi/detroit/ |title=Detroit, MI |work=Forbes |accessdate=7 October 2014}}</ref> |- | ''Fifth Avenue'' | A street in Manhattan, New York City | The upscale retailers that are generally located along it<ref name="Fifth Avenue">{{cite book|last1=Solesbury|first1=William|title=World Cities, City Worlds: Explorations With Metaphors, Icons And Perspectives|date=2013|publisher=Troubadour Publishing Ltd.|isbn=9781783060085|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZetAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA101|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''The fifth floor'' | The floor of a building above the fourth floor | The Mayor of Chicago and their staff, since their offices are on that floor of the Chicago City Hall<ref name="The fifth floor">{{cite book|last1=Throgmorton|first1=James A.|title=Planning as Persuasive Storytelling: The Rhetorical Construction of Chicago's Electric Future|date=1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226799636|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s0g97Cufej8C&pg=PA50|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Foggy Bottom'' | A neighborhood in Washington, D.C. | The United States Department of State<ref>{{cite web|url=http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Foggy%20Bottom|title=Definition of Foggy Bottom|publisher=The American Heritage Dictionary|accessdate=1 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109185319/http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Foggy%20Bottom|archive-date=9 November 2013|df=dmy}}</ref> |- | ''Hollywood'' | A district of Los Angeles, California | The American film industry<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''Houston'' | A city in Texas | NASA's Johnson Space Center, its Mission Control Center within, or NASA in general (from the call sign used by astronauts to contact Mission Control)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wall|first1=Mike|title=Johnson Space Center (JSC): NASA's 'Houston'|url=https://www.space.com/17216-nasa-johnson-space-center.html|website=space.com|date=19 January 2018 |accessdate=22 September 2018|ref=18 January 2018}}</ref> |- | ''K Street'' | A street in downtown Washington, D.C. | The American lobbying industry<ref name="K Street">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Zak |title=K Street: The route of all evil, or just the main drag? |date=5 February 2012 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/k-street-the-route-of-all-evil-or-just-the-main-drag/2012/01/26/gIQAAnKdsQ_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Langley'' | A small suburb of Washington, D.C., in Virginia | The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency<ref name="Langley, Virginia">{{cite book|last1=Knight|first1=Gladys L.|title=Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313398834|page=484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kheDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA484|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Madison Avenue'' | A street in Manhattan, New York City | The American advertising industry<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''Main Street'' | Shopping street of a town, traditionally the site of shops, banks, and local businesses | Local businesses or the "middle class" generally<ref name="LempertSilverstein">{{cite book|last1=Lempert|first1=Michael |last2=Silverstein|first2=Michael |title=Creatures of Politics: Media, Message, and the American Presidency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AyrVDp91zYC&pg=PA191|year=2012|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-00745-2|page=191}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eichengreen |first1=Barry |author1-link=Barry Eichengreen |title=And Now the Great Depression |url=https://www.thestreet.com/economonitor/us/and-now-the-great-depression |website=The Street |date=23 September 2008 |access-date=15 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Menlo Park'' |A city in California |Facebook (now Meta), whose headquarters are located there<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talks fall apart: Yahoo to sue Facebook (rumor) |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/talks-fall-apart-yahoo-to-sue-facebook-rumor/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=ZDNET |language=en |quote=Menlo Park says it received a letter from Yahoo}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2024|reason=Appears to use, but not mention the metonym}} |- |''Mountain View'' |A city in California |Google, whose headquarters are located there<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=Google is improving security for Gmail's most "sensitive" settings |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/99921-google-improving-security-gmail-most-sensitive-settings.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=TechSpot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-08 |title='Google AI' is the new home of Google's research and AI divisions |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018-05-08-google-ai-research.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farivar |first=Cyrus |date=2013-04-19 |title=Google wants utility companies to sell it more green power for data centers |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-wants-utility-companies-to-sell-it-more-green-power-for-data-centers/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2024|reason=None of these mention the metonym as a metonym}} |- | ''Nashville'' | The capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee | The country music industry<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''Ottawa'' | The capital of Canada | The Government of Canada{{citation needed|date=November 2022|reason=Should be easy enough to cite.}} |- | ''Pearl Harbor'' | The natural harbor on the coast of Oahu island, Hawaii | The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on 7 December 1941<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- |''Redmond'' |A town near Seattle, Washington |Microsoft, whose headquarters are located there<ref name="shankland20030129" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-29 |title=Windows Phone 8 review |url=https://www.engadget.com/2012-10-29-windows-phone-8-review.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Engadget |language=en-US |quote=Windows Phone 8 is precisely what we wanted to see come out of Redmond in the first place}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-29 |title=Microsoft's Redmond HQ is getting a multi-billion dollar makeover |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-11-29-microsofts-redmond-hq-is-getting-a-multi-billion-dollar-makeove.html |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=Engadget |language=en-US |quote=The company has become synonymous with Redmond, Washington, since moving there in 1986.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Microsoft campus {{!}} photographic tour of the grounds in Redmond |url=https://www.itprotoday.com/endpoint-security/microsoft-town-and-country-east-of-seattle |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241207051544/https://www.itprotoday.com/endpoint-security/microsoft-town-and-country-east-of-seattle |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2026-02-07 |language=en |quote=Saying “I’m going to Microsoft” is more specific than saying “I’m going to Redmond,” although in some circles, the two destinations are synonymous.}}</ref> |- | ''The Pentagon'' | A pentagonal building in Arlington County, Virginia | The United States Department of Defense (whose headquarters is housed by the Pentagon building)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford Dictionaries |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pentagon?q=pentagon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124721/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pentagon?q=pentagon |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref> |- | ''Queen's Park'' | An urban park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada | The Ontario Legislative Building (which is located within the park) and/or the provincial government of Ontario<ref name=qp-name>{{cite web|title=Legacy of a People's Park|url=http://educationportal.ontla.on.ca/en/about-parliament/history/queen-s-parc-150-years-1860-2010/legacy-of-a-people-s-park|website=Education Portal|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121173830/http://educationportal.ontla.on.ca/en/about-parliament/history/queen-s-parc-150-years-1860-2010/legacy-of-a-people-s-park|archive-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''Sand Hill Road'' | A street in Menlo Park, California | The venture capital firms that fund startups in the American high-tech industry<ref name="Sand Hill Road">{{cite web|last=Gungey|first=Ergin|title=The Loop (Stanford)|url=http://bayarearides.com/rides/theloop/|publisher=Bay Area Mountain Bike Roads|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Sandy Hook'' | An elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut | The mass shooting at the school on 14 December 2012<ref name="Paulas2015"/> |- | ''Selma'' | Selma, Alabama | The U.S. civil rights movement or backlash against the movement<ref>{{cite book|last=Hinton|first=Laura|title=Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich, and the Feminist Superhero: Voice, Vision, Politics, and Performance in U.S. Contemporary Women's Poetics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnCoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4985-2874-0|page=69}}</ref> |- | ''Seventh Avenue'' | A street in Manhattan, New York City | The American fashion industry<ref name="Seventh Avenue">{{cite book|last1=Ledbetter|first1=James|author-link1=James Ledbetter|title=Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of ''The Industry Standard''|date=2003|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=9781586481292|page=[https://archive.org/details/starvingtodeatho00ledb/page/251 251]|url=https://archive.org/details/starvingtodeatho00ledb|url-access=registration|accessdate=11 June 2015|quote=I doubt that many people among the ''Standard''s Silicon Valley readership would recognize that 'Seventh Avenue' is code for the fashion industry}}</ref> |- | ''Silicon Valley'' | San Jose and its suburbs on the southwest side of San Francisco Bay | The American high-tech industry<ref name="Silicon Valley">{{cite web|title=The New Start-up Scene: From Silicon Strip to Silicon Mitten|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2011/12/19/the-new-start-up-scene-from-silicon-strip-to-silicon-mitten/|work=Forbes.com|date=19 December 2011|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Tin Pan Alley'' | A block along 28th Street in Manhattan | The American popular music industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries<ref name="Tin Pan Alley">{{cite book|last1=Suisman|first1=David|title=Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music|date=2012|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674054684|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVCLq8-X_dAC&pg=PA21|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Wall Street'' | A street in Manhattan, New York City | The American financial markets<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> or "big business" more generally<ref name="LempertSilverstein" /> |- | ''Washington'' | Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States | The federal government of the United States<ref name="TraugottDasher2002"/> |- | ''Watergate'' | The Watergate Hotel and Office Building in Washington, D.C. | The political scandal exposed after a burglary at the Watergate Hotel<ref name="Ruhl1989"/> |- | ''The White House'' | The official residence of the president of the United States | The Executive Office of the President of the United States (the president of the United States and staff)<ref name="TraugottDasher2002"/> |- |}

===South America=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''Itamaraty'' | Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, former headquarters of the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil. | The Brazilian ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomats<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/perguntas-frequentes-artigos/19384-itamaraty-and-the-foreign-service-careers |title=Itamaraty and the Foreign Service Careers |year=2018 |publisher=[Brazil] Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231160805/http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/perguntas-frequentes-artigos/19384-itamaraty-and-the-foreign-service-careers |archive-date=31 December 2019 |url-status=dead |quote=Until 1970, the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the Itamaraty Palace, in Rio de Janeiro – and, informally, the Ministry came to be known by the name of the building that housed it.}}</ref> |- | ''Jonestown'' | A remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple cult in northwestern Guyana | The massacre which occurred on 18 November 1978 in which 918 people died<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jonestown-jim-jones-bodies-memorial-756320/ |title= What Happened After Jonestown? |date= 16 November 2018 |publisher=Rolling Stone |accessdate=27 January 2020}}</ref> |- |}

===Oceania=== {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | (''The'') ''Beehive'' | Headquarters of the government of New Zealand | New Zealand government leadership<ref>{{cite web|title=The Beehive|work=Tripomatic|quote=Thus, the name "Beehive" is closely linked with the New Zealand Government. It is often used as a metonym for the New Zealand leadership at large, with "the 9th floor" specifically referring to the office of the prime minister, which is based on that floor.|url=https://tripomatic.com/en/poi/the-beehive-poi:26212|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202071949/https://tripomatic.com/en/poi/the-beehive-poi:26212|archivedate=2024-12-02}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2025|reason=Not clear if this is user-generated}} |- | ''The Bombay Hills'' | A range of hills south of Auckland | The cultural, social, and political division between Auckland and the rest of New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|title=Those bludgers north of the Bombays ...|work=New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/those-bludgers-north-of-the-bombays/JS3V2VGU7OTFDGBEVWXAZDR3AA/|last=Laxon |first=Andrew |date=27 January 2002 |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2025|reason=Story uses the metonym but does not discuss or define it}} |- | ''Canberra'' | The capital of Australia | The Government of Australia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://meanjin.com.au/blog/canberra-unloved-city/ |title=Canberra, Unloved City |year=2017|publisher=Meanjin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114202021/https://meanjin.com.au/blog/canberra-unloved-city/ |archive-date=2022-11-14|url-status=live|quote= For many of them, their only experience of Canberra is as a metonym in the news for the government, Labor or Coalition, alongside some dubious decision of policy.}}</ref> |- | ''Macquarie Street'' | Macquarie Street is the street where the parliament building sits. | The Government of New South Wales<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/6497 |title=Time for a Family Reunion on Macquarie Street?|year=2015 |publisher=Planning Institute of Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212213239/https://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/6497 |archive-date=2023-12-12|url-status=live|quote= Macquarie Street remains a metonym for the NSW Government.}}</ref> |- | ''Spring Street'' | Spring Street is the street where the parliament building sits. | The Government of Victoria<ref>{{cite news |last=Bachelard |first=Michael |date=2010-07-25 |title=Feeling the heat |url=http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/feeling-the-heat-20100724-10poe.html |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |access-date=2024-12-30}} </ref> |}

== Numbers == {| class="wikitable" ! width=160pt|Word or phrase ! Literal meaning ! Metonymic meaning |- | ''1/6'', ''January 6'', ''January 6th'' | The date January 6 (in American date format) | The January 6 United States Capitol attack<ref>{{cite news|date=14 June 2021 |author=Jeffrey Goldberg |title=The Capitol Riot Was Prologue |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/06/the-capitol-riot-january6-insurrection-was-prologue/619201/ |page= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618102325/https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/06/the-capitol-riot-january6-insurrection-was-prologue/619201/ |archivedate=2021-06-18}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Uses the metonym but does not discuss it|date=September 2025}} |- | ''7/7'' | The date July 7 | The 7 July 2005 London bombings{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} |- | ''9/11'', ''September 11'', ''September 11th'' | The date September 11 (in American date format) | The September 11 attacks<ref name="Paulas2015">{{cite news |last1=Paulas |first1=Rick |title=The Linguistics of Tragedy |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232 |website=Pacific Standard |language=en |date=16 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422061054/https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232/|archivedate=2025-04-22}}</ref> |}

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