Exonym

//ˈɛksənɪm//

Synonyms for "exonym" (2 found)

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Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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Translations

31 translations across 25 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • էկզոնիմ noun (name used by foreigners)

Catalan

1 entries
  • exònim noun (name used by foreigners)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 外來地名 /外来地名 noun (name used by foreigners)

Czech

1 entries
  • exonymum noun (name used by foreigners)

Dutch

1 entries
  • exoniem noun (name used by foreigners)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • eksonimo noun (name used by foreigners)

Estonian

1 entries
  • eksonüüm noun (name used by foreigners)

Finnish

2 entries
  • eksonyymi noun (name used by foreigners)
  • sovinnaisnimi noun (name used by foreigners)

French

1 entries
  • exonyme noun (name used by foreigners)

Galician

1 entries
  • exónimo noun (name used by foreigners)

German

3 entries
  • Exonym noun (name used by foreigners)
  • Exonymon noun (name used by foreigners)
  • Fremdbezeichnung noun (name used by foreigners)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξώνυμο noun (name used by foreigners)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • exonima noun (name used by foreigners)

Italian

1 entries
  • esonimo noun (name used by foreigners)

Japanese

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  • エクソニム noun (name used by foreigners)
  • 外名 noun (name used by foreigners)

Latvian

1 entries
  • eksonīms noun (name used by foreigners)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • егзони́м noun (name used by foreigners)

Persian

1 entries
  • بروننام noun (name used by foreigners)

Polish

1 entries
  • egzonim noun (name used by foreigners)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • exónimo noun (name used by foreigners)
  • exônimo noun (name used by foreigners)

Romanian

1 entries
  • exonim noun (name used by foreigners)

Russian

2 entries
  • иноназва́ние noun (name used by foreigners)
  • экзо́ним noun (name used by foreigners)

Slovak

1 entries
  • exonymum noun (name used by foreigners)

Spanish

1 entries
  • exónimo noun (name used by foreigners)

Swedish

1 entries
  • exonym noun (name used by foreigners)

Sample sentences

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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)

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, […]

Source: wiktionary

“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.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.