xenonym
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From xeno- (“foreign”) + -onym (“name”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzɛnənɪm/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈzɪnənɪm/
Noun
[edit]xenonym (plural xenonyms)
- 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 Köln, Austria for Österreich etc.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]name used by foreigners — see exonym