opposite number, one's

One's counterpart, as in He's my opposite number in the California office. This expression is generally used for a person's equivalent in another organization or system ( number alluding to their position in a hierarchy). [c. 1900]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shyamal	-	Bengali
Hatshepsut	haht-SHEP-soot (English)	Ancient Egyptian
Zubin	-	Persian
Kostandin	-	Albanian
Yevgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Luciano	loo-CHAH-no (Italian), loo-THYAH-no (Spanish), loo-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese