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demonyms

demonyms is the plural of demonym.

Meaning of demonym

Noun

demonym (plural demonyms)

  1. A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived from the name of the place.
    • Why is it that people from the United States use American as their demonym?
  2. (obsolete) A pseudonym formed of an adjective.
    • The Logophile has my favourite demonym; I would write under it if he didn't.

Questions about demonyms

What is demonyms the plural of?
Demonyms is the plural of demonym.

Words near demonyms in the dictionary

  1. Demontes
  2. Demonts
  3. demonym
  4. demonymic
  5. demonymics
  6. demonyms
  7. demonymy
  8. demoparties
  9. demoparty
  10. demophil
  11. demophile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demonyms (page history and authors); demonym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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