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ex⋅o⋅nym

[ek-soh-nim]
–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
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