endonym

English

Etymology

From endo- (“inside”) +‎ -onym (“name”).

Noun
Examples
  • Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanos

endonym (plural endonyms)

  1. 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.
    Synonym: autonym
    Antonyms: exonym, xenonym

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