Complete Definition of "endonym"

English
Etymology
endo- "inside" + -onym "name"

Noun
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en-noun

#A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups. For example, Deutschen is the endonym of a people known in English as German.

Synonyms
autonym

Antonyms
exonym
xenonym

Related terms
ethnonym
glossonym

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