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What things are named and what they are don't necessarily coincide. E.g.: native americans are called "indians".

• ben_w 5y ago
  A better etymological example would be that Stonehenge, after which the category “henge” is named, isn’t a henge. (Aside from actual domain experts in this thread saying it is an infection, that is).
• jjk166 5y ago
  But typically they do, and this is one of that vast majority of cases.