exonym

Noun

exonym (plural exonyms)

1. An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).
   • Recognizing that measures such as the categorization of exonym use, the publication of pronunciation guides for endonyms, and the formulation of guidelines ensuring a politically sensitive use of exonyms would help in the reduction of the number of exonyms, […]2009 May, Paul Woodman, “The Nature of the Endonym”, in UN, page 2
   • “Mandarin” is what linguists call an exonym, an external name for a place, people, or language. And exonyms often tell of a history of how cultures met, fought, and interacted.2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2019

   Synonyms:

   xenonym

   Antonyms:

   endonym, autonym, selfname