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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. Deutschen is an endonym of the people known in English as German and Mapuche is an endonym of the people known to outsiders as Araucanios. Antonym: exonym. Read more →
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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. Vienna is an exonym of Wien. Read more →