Xenonym

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Synonym 1.4 Antonyms 1.5 Related terms

English

Etymology

xeno- "foreign" + -onym "name"

Noun

xenonym

1. A name for a people or a language which is not used by the people themselves. For example, German is a xenonym for a people who call themselves Deutsche.

Synonym

• exonym

Antonyms

• autonym
• endonym

Related terms

• ethnonym
• glossonym