Exonym

Quick meaning: Exonym is a noun meaning An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).

Meaning

An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).

Example Sentences

“Mandarin” is what linguists call an exonym, an external name for a place, people, or language. And exonyms often tell of a history of how cultures met, fought, and interacted.

Recognizing that measures such as the categorization of exonym use, the publication of pronunciation guides for endonyms, and the formulation of guidelines ensuring a politically sensitive use of exonyms would help in the reduction of the number of exonyms, […]

Word Forms

• exonyms

Synonyms for exonym

Depending on context, synonyms include xenonym.

Antonyms for exonym

Common opposites include endonym, autonym, selfname.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exonymy, denizen, exonorm, foreign, anglicism, endoynym.

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