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exonyms

exonyms is the plural of exonym.

Meaning of 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
    Synonyms:
    xenonym

Questions about exonyms

What is exonyms the plural of?
Exonyms is the plural of exonym.

Words near exonyms in the dictionary

  1. exonumists
  2. exonym
  3. exonymic
  4. exonymically
  5. exonymous
  6. exonyms
  7. exonymy
  8. exooccipital
  9. exoosmosis
  10. exoosmotic
  11. exoparasite

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