demonym

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• UK: /ˈdɛmənɪm/
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• US: /ˈdɛmənɪm/
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From demo- + -onym, from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Possibly revived in 1997 by Paul Dickson of Merriam-Webster.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نِسْبَة (nisba) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Arabic: دِيمُونِيم (dīmūnīm) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Aragonese: chentilicio — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Azerbaijani: demonim — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Belarusian: катайко́нім (katajkónim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Belarusian: дэмо́нім (demónim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Belarusian: этніко́н (etnikón) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Bulgarian: демоним (demonim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Catalan: gentilici — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Chinese Cantonese: 當地居民嘅嗌法 /当地居民嘅嗌法 (dong1 dei6 geoi1 man4 ge3 aai3 faat3) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Chinese Mandarin: 區域居民稱謂詞 /区域居民称谓词 (qūyù jūmín chēngwèi cí) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Min Nan Chinese: 人民號名 /人民号名 (jîn-bîn hō-miâ) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Wu Chinese: 區域居民稱謂詞 /区域居民称谓词 — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Danish: indbyggerbetegnelse — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Danish: demonym — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Dutch: volksnaam — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Dutch: demoniem — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Dutch: inwonersnaam — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Esperanto: demonimo — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Extremaduran: gentilíciu — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Finnish: asukkaannimitys — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• French: gentilé — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• French: ethnonyme — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• French: démonyme — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Galician: xentilicio — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• German: Volksbezeichnung — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• German: Demonym — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Greek: πατριδωνυμικό (patridonymikó) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Greek: δημωνύμιο (dimonýmio) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Greek: δημώνυμο (dimónymo) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Hindi: वासीनाम (vāsīnām) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Italian: demonimo — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Italian: etnonimo — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Kazakh: этнохороним (étnoxoronim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Kazakh: этникон (étnikon) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Korean: 데모님 (demonim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Latin: dēmōny̆mum — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Latin: gentīlicius — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Lithuanian: demonimas — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Macedonian: демоним (demonim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Norwegian Bokmål: innbyggernavn — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Norwegian Bokmål: demonym — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Occitan: gentilici — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Occitan: etnonim — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Polish: określenie na mieszkańca — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Portuguese: gentílico — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Portuguese: gentilício — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Portuguese: etnônimo — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Portuguese: demônimo — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Portuguese: adjetivo pátrio — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Romanian: demonim — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Romanian: nume de locuitori — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Russian: этнохоро́ним (etnoxorónim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Russian: этнико́н (etnikón) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Russian: демо́ним (demónim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Serbo-Croatian: demonim — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Slovak: demonym — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Slovene: demoním — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Spanish: gentilicio — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Swedish: invånarnamn — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Swedish: demonym — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Tamil: நாட்டுப்பெயர் (nāṭṭuppeyar) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Tamil: இராச்சியப்பெயர் (irācciyappeyar) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Thai: เดมะนิม (dee-má-nim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Turkish: demonim — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
• Ukrainian: демо́нім (demónim) — name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place