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endonym
[en-duh-nim]
noun
Anthropology.
Also called autonym.the name that an ethnic, racial, or social group uses for itself or its language, such as ɲüٲ for Swiss German.
the name used to refer to a place by its inhabitants, as opposed to a name used by foreigners.
In the 1920s, Reza Shah requested that the West call his country by its endonym “Iran,” rather than “Persia.”
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Other 51Թ Forms
- endonymic adjective
- endonymous adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of endonym1
First recorded in 1970–75; end(o)- ( def. ) + -onym ( def. )
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