Exonym and endonym
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An exonym (from éxō, "out" and , ónoma, "name") is a name for a place or a personal name that differs from that used in the official or well-established language within that place or for that person by the local inhabitants, or a name for a people or language that is not native to the people or language to which it refers. The name used by the people or locals themselves is called endonym, autonym (from the Greek Template:Polytonic, éndon, "within" or Template:Polytonic, autó, "self" and ὄνομα, ónoma, "name"), or self-appellation. For example, Germany, Greece, Japan, and Korea are the English exonyms corresponding to the endonyms Deutschland, Ellas, Nippon/Nihon, and Hanguk/Joseon.
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- -onym
- Shibboleth
- List of indigenous language names
- List of adjectival forms of place names
- Romanian exonyms
- German exonyms
- Icelandic exonyms
- Latin exonyms
- Russian exonyms
- German names for Central European towns
- List of English exonyms for German toponyms
- List of Welsh exonyms for English toponyms
- Names of European cities in different languages
- List of European exonyms
- Slavic toponyms for Greek places
- List of countries and capitals in native languages
- List of alternative country names
- List of country names in various languages
- List of Latin place names in Europe
- List of European regions with alternative names
- List of European rivers with alternative names
- List of traditional Greek place names
- English exonyms of Arabic speaking places
- Place names in Irish
- List of cities in the Americas with alternative names
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