Definitions For Exonym

Noun

{{examples, Moscow in English for the city called Moskva in Russian Charles in English for historical people called Karl or Carl in their Germanic languages}} EXONYM (plural EXONYMs) An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native language, native-language version. : Synonym: xenonym : {{ant, en, endonym, autonym}}

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 外來地名, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 外来地名 (wàilái dìmíng, sc=Hani) Czech: exonymum, n Estonian: eksonüüm Finnish: eksonyymi French: exonyme, m German: Fremdbezeichnung; {{q, specialist also}} Exonym, Exonymon, n Greek: εξώνυμο, n, sc=Grek Hungarian: exonima Italian: esonimo, m Japanese: 外名 (がいめい, gaimei), エクソニム (ekusonimu) Latvian: eksonīms, m Macedonian: егзони́м, m Persian: نام خارجی (nâm-e xâreji) Polish: egzonim, m-in Portuguese: exônimo, m Russian: экзо́ним, m, иноназва́ние, n Slovak: exonymum, n

Etymology

{{confix, en, exo, gloss1=outside, onym, gloss2=name}}

See also

:category:exonyms for a list