Markdown: How to reference an item in a numbered list, by number (like LaTeX's \ref / \label)? : <p>Is there any way in markdown to do the equivalent of the cross-referencing in this LaTeX snippet?  (Taken from <a href="http://texblog.org/2012/03/21/cross-referencing-list-items/" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.)</p>

<pre><code>\begin{enumerate}
    \item \label{itm:first} This is a numbered item
    \item Another numbered item \label{itm:second}
    \item \label{itm:third} Same as \ref{itm:first}
\end{enumerate}
Cross-referencing items \ref{itm:second} and \ref{itm:third}.
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<p>This LaTeX produces</p>

<pre><code>1. This is a numbered item
2. This is another numbered item
3. Same as 1

Cross-referencing items 2 and 3.
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<p>That is, I would like to be able to refer to items in a markdown list without explicitly numbering them, so that I could change the above list to the following without having to manually update the cross references:</p>

<pre><code>1. This is the very first item
2. This is a numbered item
3. This is another numbered item
4. Same as 2

Cross-referencing items 3 and 4.
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