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Endonym vs Demonym - What's the difference?

endonym | demonym |

As nouns the difference between endonym and demonym

is that endonym is a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups. For example, Deutsche is the endonym of a people known in English as German and Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanos while demonym is a name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place.

endonym

English

Noun

(wikipedia endonym) (en noun)
  • A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups. For example, Deutsche'' is the endonym of a people known in English as ''German and Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanos.

    • Synonyms

    * autonym

    Antonyms

    * exonym * xenonym

    Related terms

    * ethnonym * glossonym

    demonym

    English

    (wikipedia demonym)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place.
    • Why is it that people from the United States use American as ''their'' demonym ?
  • (obsolete) A pseudonym formed of an adjective.
    • The Logophile has my favourite demonym , I would write under it if he didn't.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

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