Xenonym

//ˈzɛnənɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of exonym.

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exonymexonym

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"Endonym (also autonym "self name") is a Greek/English word for a name that a people or country calls themselves or their language. Exonym (also xenonym "foreign name") is a Greek/English word for the opposite, or what a stranger would call someone else's country, people or language. Endonym means "inside name"; while exonym means "outside name"."

Etymology

From xeno- (“foreign”) + -onym (“name”).

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