exonym en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛksənɪm/
- /ˈɛɡzənɪm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”).
Meanings
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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).
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, […]
2009 May 14, Paul Woodman, “The Nature of the Endonym”, in UN, page 2:“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.
2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exonyms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
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Relateds
category:English exonyms for a list
Synonyms
Translations (32)
gl exónimo (name used by foreigners) · ja エクソニム (name used by foreigners) · ro exonim (name used by foreigners) · fi sovinnaisnimi (name used by foreigners) · de Exonymon (name used by foreigners) · hu exonima (name used by foreigners) · es exónimo (name used by foreigners) · ru иноназва́ние (name used by foreigners) · vi ngoại danh (name used by foreigners) · pt exónimo (name used by foreigners) · it esonimo (name used by foreigners) · de Exonym (name used by foreigners) · nl exoniem (name used by foreigners) · fi eksonyymi (name used by foreigners) · ja 外名 (name used by foreigners) · sv exonym (name used by foreigners) · lv eksonīms (name used by foreigners) · ca exònim (name used by foreigners) · ru экзо́ним (name used by foreigners) · et eksonüüm (name used by foreigners) · pt exônimo (name used by foreigners) · pl egzonim (name used by foreigners) · eo eksonimo (name used by foreigners) · mk егзони́м (name used by foreigners) · sk exonymum (name used by foreigners) · de Fremdbezeichnung (name used by foreigners) · cmn 外來地名 /外来地名 (name used by foreigners) · fa بروننام (name used by foreigners) · el εξώνυμο (name used by foreigners) · cs exonymum (name used by foreigners) · fr exonyme (name used by foreigners) · hy էկզոնիմ (name used by foreigners)