linguistics



  

endonym

EHN-doh-nim noun

A name used by a community to refer to itself or its language, as distinct from a name given to them by outsiders.



  

exonym

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.

Synonym: xenonym.
Antonym: endonym.

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