exonym

From exo- (“outside”) +‎ -onym (“name”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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exonym (plural exonyms)

1. An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).

   Synonym: xenonym

   Antonyms: endonym, autonym, selfname

   • 2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     “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.

• exonymous

• category:en:Exonyms for a list

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