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politonyms

politonyms is the plural of politonym.

Meaning of politonym

Noun

politonym (plural politonyms)

  1. A name referring to members of a political entity.
    • In that case Belgians and French provide us with examples of one's politonyms. His theory becomes more complex when he says: when a group of people move outside the original settlement, both politonyms and toponyms are often not retained by the second and further generations.2008, Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, Linguistic Dynamism in South Asia, page 239

Questions about politonyms

What is politonyms the plural of?
Politonyms is the plural of politonym.

Words near politonyms in the dictionary

  1. politological
  2. politologist
  3. politologists
  4. politology
  5. politonym
  6. politonyms
  7. Politos
  8. politotdel
  9. politotdeli
  10. politotdels
  11. politotdely

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