endonym

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[edit] Etymology

endo- "inside" + -onym "name"

[edit] Noun

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endonym (plural endonyms)

1. 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, Deutschen is the endonym of a people known in English as German and Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanios.

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[edit] Synonyms

• autonym

[edit] Antonyms

• exonym
• xenonym

[edit] Related terms

• ethnonym
• glossonym