Politonym
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A name referring to members of a political entity.
"In that case Belgians and French provide us with examples of one's politonyms. His theory becomes more complex when he says: when a group of people move outside the original settlement, both politonyms and toponyms are often not retained by the second and further generations."
Example
More examples"In that case Belgians and French provide us with examples of one's politonyms. His theory becomes more complex when he says: when a group of people move outside the original settlement, both politonyms and toponyms are often not retained by the second and further generations."
Etymology
From politics + -o- + -nym.
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