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Ethnonym vs Xenonym - What's the difference?

ethnonym | xenonym | Related terms |

Xenonym is a related term of ethnonym.

Ethnonym is a related term of xenonym.


As nouns the difference between ethnonym and xenonym

is that ethnonym is the name of an ethnic group while xenonym is a name for a people or a language or a city etc which is not used by the natives themselves germans'', for example, is a xenonym for people who call themselves ''deutsche'', ''cologne'' a xenonym for '' etc.

ethnonym

English

Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * autonym * demonym * endonym * exonym * xenonym

    xenonym

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A name for a people or a language or a city etc. which is not used by the natives themselves. Germans'', for example, is a xenonym for people who call themselves ''Deutsche'', ''Cologne'' a xenonym for '' etc.

    • Synonyms

    * exonym

    Antonyms

    * autonym, endonym

    Related terms

    * ethnonym * glossonym