exonym

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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exonym (plural exonyms)

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).

   Synonym: xenonym

   Antonyms: endonym, autonym, selfname

   • 2009 May, Paul Woodman, “The Nature of the Endonym”, in UN‎^[1], page 2:

     Recognizing that measures such as the categorization of exonym use, the publication of pronunciation guides for endonyms, and the formulation of guidelines ensuring a politically sensitive use of exonyms would help in the reduction of the number of exonyms, […]

   • 2019 January 4, Sarah Zhang, “Why Mandarin Doesn’t Come From Chinese”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 February 2019:

     “Mandarin” is what linguists call an exonym, an external name for a place, people, or language. And exonyms often tell of a history of how cultures met, fought, and interacted.

• category:English exonyms for a list

• exonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exonym”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.