See demonym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gentilicio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "invånarnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "demonym"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "nāṭṭuppeyar",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"word": "நாட்டுப்பெயர்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "irācciyappeyar",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"word": "இராச்சியப்பெயர்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "dee-má-nim",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"word": "เดมะนิม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"word": "demonim"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "demónim",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "демо́нім"
}
],
"word": "demonym"
}
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