exonym

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English

Etymology

From exo- (“outside”) +‎ -onym (“name”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

Examples
  • Moscow in English for the city called Moskva in Russian
  • Charles in English for historical people called Karl or Carl in their Germanic languages

exonym (plural exonyms)

  1. 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).
    Synonym: xenonym
    Antonyms: endonym, autonym, selfname
    • 2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic‎:
      “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.

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