exonym
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See also: Exonym
English
Etymology
From exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
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exonym (plural exonyms)
- 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).
- 2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- “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.
Derived terms
Translations
name used by foreigners
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See also
- category:en:Exonyms for a list