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exonym

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɛksənɪm/
  • /ˈɛɡzənɪm/
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noun

Meaning 1

An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xenonym

Antonyms: endonym, autonym, selfname

History

Etymology

From exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: էկզոնիմ (ēkzonim) — name used by foreigners
  • Catalan: exònim — name used by foreigners
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外來地名 /外来地名 (wàilái dìmíng) — name used by foreigners
  • Czech: exonymum — name used by foreigners
  • Dutch: exoniem — name used by foreigners
  • Esperanto: eksonimo — name used by foreigners
  • Estonian: eksonüüm — name used by foreigners
  • Finnish: eksonyymi — name used by foreigners
  • Finnish: sovinnaisnimi — name used by foreigners
  • French: exonyme — name used by foreigners
  • Galician: exónimo — name used by foreigners
  • German: Fremdbezeichnung — name used by foreigners
  • German: Exonym — name used by foreigners
  • German: Exonymon — name used by foreigners
  • Greek: εξώνυμο (exónymo) — name used by foreigners
  • Hungarian: exonima — name used by foreigners
  • Italian: esonimo — name used by foreigners
  • Japanese: 外名 (gaimei) — name used by foreigners
  • Japanese: エクソニム (ekusonimu) — name used by foreigners
  • Latvian: eksonīms — name used by foreigners
  • Macedonian: егзони́м (egzoním) — name used by foreigners
  • Persian: بروننام (borun-nâm) — name used by foreigners
  • Polish: egzonim — name used by foreigners
  • Portuguese: exônimo — name used by foreigners
  • Portuguese: exónimo — name used by foreigners
  • Romanian: exonim — name used by foreigners
  • Russian: экзо́ним (ekzónim) — name used by foreigners
  • Russian: иноназва́ние (inonazvánije) — name used by foreigners
  • Slovak: exonymum — name used by foreigners
  • Spanish: exónimo — name used by foreigners
  • Swedish: exonym — name used by foreigners
  • Vietnamese: ngoại danh — name used by foreigners