"exonym" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exonym.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exonyms [plural]
Etymology: exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”) Etymology templates: {{confix|en|exo|onym|gloss1=outside|gloss2=name}} exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} exonym (plural exonyms)
  1. An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version. Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: xenonym Derived forms: exonymous Related terms: category:en:Exonyms for a list Translations (name used by foreigners): էկզոնիմ (ēkzonim) (Armenian), exònim [masculine] (Catalan), 外來地名 (Chinese Mandarin), 外来地名 (wàilái dìmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), exonymum [neuter] (Czech), exoniem [neuter] (Dutch), eksonimo (Esperanto), eksonüüm (Estonian), eksonyymi (Finnish), sovinnaisnimi (Finnish), exonyme [masculine] (French), exónimo [masculine] (Galician), Fremdbezeichnung (German), Exonym (english: specialist also) (German), Exonymon [neuter] (German), εξώνυμο (exónymo) [neuter] (Greek), exonima (Hungarian), esonimo [masculine] (Italian), 外名 (gaimei) (alt: がいめい) (Japanese), エクソニム (ekusonimu) (Japanese), eksonīms [masculine] (Latvian), егзони́м (egzoním) [masculine] (Macedonian), بروننام (borun-nâm) (Persian), egzonim [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), exônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), exónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), exonim [neuter] (Romanian), экзо́ним (ekzónim) [masculine] (Russian), иноназва́ние (inonazvánije) [neuter] (Russian), exonymum [neuter] (Slovak), exónimo [masculine] (Spanish), exonym [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "text": "“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.",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ēkzonim",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "էկզոնիմ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "外來地名"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wàilái dìmíng",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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          "word": "exoniem"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "eksonüüm"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "eksonyymi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "Fremdbezeichnung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "Exonym"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exónymo",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "exonima"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gaimei",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ekusonimu",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "エクソニム"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "egzoním",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "егзони́м"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "borun-nâm",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "word": "بروننام"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "inanimate",
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "exonim"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekzónim",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "inonazvánije",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "иноназва́ние"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "exonymum"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "exónimo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "name used by foreigners",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "exonym"
        }
      ]
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  ],
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}
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    }
  ],
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    }
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          "word": "endonym"
        },
        {
          "word": "autonym"
        }
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms suffixed with -nym",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
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          "text": "“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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version."
      ],
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        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "native-language",
          "native language"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "xenonym"
        }
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēkzonim",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "էկզոնիմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exònim"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "外來地名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàilái dìmíng",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "外来地名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "exonymum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "exoniem"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "eksonimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "eksonüüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "eksonyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "sovinnaisnimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exonyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "Fremdbezeichnung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "specialist also",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "Exonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exónymo",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εξώνυμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "exonima"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esonimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がいめい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaimei",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "外名"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ekusonimu",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "エクソニム"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eksonīms"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "egzoním",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "егзони́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "borun-nâm",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "word": "بروننام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "egzonim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exônimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "exonim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekzónim",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экзо́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inonazvánije",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "иноназва́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "exonymum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name used by foreigners",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "exonym"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exonym"
}

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