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Endonym vs Ethnonym - What's the difference?

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Ethnonym is a related term of endonym.



As nouns the difference between endonym and ethnonym

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 ethnonym is the name of an ethnic group.

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

    ethnonym

    English

    Noun

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