Complete Definition of "xenonym"

English
Etymology
xeno- "foreign" + -onym "name"
Noun
xenonym

#A name for a people or a language which is not used by the people themselves. For example, German is a xenonym for a people who call themselves Deutsche|Deutsche.

Synonyms
exonym
Antonyms
autonym
endonym
Related terms
ethnonym
glossonym

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