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–noun
1.
a name used by foreigners for a place, as
Florence
for
Firenze.
2.
a name used by foreigners to refer to a people or social group that the group itself does not use, as
Germans
for
Deutsche.
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ex·o·nym
(ěk'sō-nĭm)
n. A name by which one people or social group refers to another and by which the group so named does not refer to itself.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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