Endonym

//ˈɛndəˌnɪm//

Synonyms for "endonym" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

autonym

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

selfname

Related word relations

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3 relation types

Related terms

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autoglossonym ethnonym glossonym

derived

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endonymic endonymous

related to

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ethnonym glossonym

Translations

34 translations across 24 languages.

Catalan

1 entries

endònim noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Chinese Mandarin

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當地地名 /当地地名 noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Czech

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endonymum noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Dutch

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endoniem noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Esperanto

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endonimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Estonian

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endonüüm noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Finnish

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endonyymi noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

French

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endonyme noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Galician

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endónimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Georgian

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ენდონიმი noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
თვითდასახელება noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

German

2 entries

Eigenbezeichnung noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
Endonym noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Hungarian

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endonima noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Italian

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endonimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Japanese

2 entries

エンドニム noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
内名 noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Macedonian

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ендоним noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Persian

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نام داخلی noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Polish

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endonim noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Portuguese

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endónimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
endônimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Romanian

1 entries

endonim noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Russian

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автоэтно́ним noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
самоназва́ние noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
эндо́ним noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Spanish

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endónimo noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Swedish

2 entries

autonym noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
endonym noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ендо́нім noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
самона́зва noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Vietnamese

3 entries

nội danh noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
tên bản địa noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)
tên địa phương noun (a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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".

Source: tatoeba (11746169)

The endonym is the basic toponymic exemplar and as such it needs to be understood properly. To do so we need to appreciate the context of space and place that produces it. Most endonyms arise from the elemental human relationship with space and place, and possess an intrinsic and enduring value which cannot normally be either bestowed or removed by political arbitrariness.

Source: wiktionary

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