He had to choose between "Earthling" and "Terran" for their demonym.
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Demonym
//ˈdɛmənɪm//
Synonyms for "demonym" (2 found)
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Translations
65 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- دِيمُونِيم noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- نِسْبَة noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Aragonese
1 entries- chentilicio noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- demonim noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Belarusian
3 entries- дэмо́нім noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- катайко́нім noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- этніко́н noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Bulgarian
1 entries- демоним noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Catalan
1 entries- gentilici noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 當地居民嘅嗌法 /当地居民嘅嗌法 noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 區域居民稱謂詞 /区域居民称谓词 noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Danish
2 entries- demonym noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- indbyggerbetegnelse noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Dutch
3 entries- demoniem noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- inwonersnaam noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- volksnaam noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Esperanto
1 entries- demonimo noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Extremaduran
1 entries- gentilíciu noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Finnish
1 entries- asukkaannimitys noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
French
3 entries- démonyme noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- ethnonyme noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- gentilé noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Galician
1 entries- xentilicio noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
German
2 entries- Demonym noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- Volksbezeichnung noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Greek
3 entries- δημωνύμιο noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- δημώνυμο noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- πατριδωνυμικό noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Hindi
1 entries- वासीनाम noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Italian
2 entries- demonimo noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- etnonimo noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Kazakh
2 entries- этникон noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- этнохороним noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Korean
1 entries- 데모님 noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Latin
2 entries- dēmōny̆mum noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- gentīlicius noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Lithuanian
1 entries- demonimas noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Macedonian
1 entries- демоним noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Min Nan Chinese
1 entries- 人民號名 /人民号名 noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- demonym noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- innbyggernavn noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Occitan
2 entries- etnonim noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- gentilici noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Polish
1 entries- określenie na mieszkańca noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Portuguese
4 entries- demônimo noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- etnônimo noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- gentilício noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- gentílico noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Romanian
2 entries- demonim noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- nume de locuitori noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Russian
3 entries- демо́ним noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- этнико́н noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- этнохоро́ним noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- demonim noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Slovak
1 entries- demonym noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Slovene
1 entries- demoním noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Spanish
1 entries- gentilicio noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Swedish
2 entries- demonym noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- invånarnamn noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Tamil
2 entries- இராச்சியப்பெயர் noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
- நாட்டுப்பெயர் noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Thai
1 entries- เดมะนิม noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Turkish
1 entries- demonim noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Ukrainian
1 entries- демо́нім noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 區域居民稱謂詞 /区域居民称谓词 noun (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A demonym is the name or term for the residents of a particular locality.
Source: tatoeba (3318228)
A demonym is typically - but not always - derived from a placename, though it is equally true that many countries are named for their inhabitants.
Source: tatoeba (3318244)
The association of kiwi with New Zealand is so strong that 'Kiwi' is frequently used as a colloquial demonym for New Zealanders.
Source: tatoeba (3318781)
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