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Demonym vs Ethnonym - What's the difference?

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Ethnonym is a related term of demonym.



As nouns the difference between demonym and ethnonym

is that demonym is a name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place while ethnonym is the name of an ethnic group.

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

    *

    ethnonym

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of an ethnic group.

    • Related terms

    * autonym * demonym * endonym * exonym * xenonym