exonym
[ ek-soh-nim ]
nounAnthropology.
a name used by outsiders for a place, such as Florence for Firenze.: Compare endonym (def. 2).
a name used by outsiders to refer to an ethnic, racial, or social group or its language that the group itself does not use, such as Chamorro rather than CHamoru.: Compare endonym (def. 1). See also ethnonym.
Origin of exonym
1Other words from exonym
- ex·o·nym·ic [ek-suh-nim-ik], /ˌɛk səˈnɪm ɪk/, ex·on·y·mous [ekh-son-uh-muhs], /ˌɛxˈsɒn ə məs/, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for exonym
exonym
/ (ˈɛksəˌnɪm) /
noun
a name given to a place by foreigners: Londres is an exonym of London
Origin of exonym
1C20: from Greek ex- 1 + -onym
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