xenonym

English

Etymology

From xeno- (“foreign”) +‎ -onym (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛnənɪm/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈzɪnənɪm/

Noun

xenonym (plural xenonyms)

1. A name for a people or a language or a city etc. which is not used by the natives themselves. Germans, for example, is a xenonym for people who call themselves Deutsche, Cologne a xenonym for Köln, Austria for Österreich etc.

Synonyms

• exonym

Antonyms

• autonym, endonym

Derived terms

• xenonymous

Related terms

• ethnonym
• glossonym

Translations

name used by foreigners — see exonym