politonym

English

Etymology

From politics +‎ -o- +‎ -nym.

Noun

politonym (plural politonyms)

1. A name referring to members of a political entity.
   • 2008, Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, Linguistic Dynamism in South Asia, page 239:

     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.