Spanish and French, respectively, Niemcy in Polish, and Saksa and Saksamaa in Finnish and Estonian, respectively. The terms autonym, endonym, exonym and xenonym...
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Skåne County (category States and territories established in 1997)
province of Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge and connects to Capital Region, Denmark by the Öresund Bridge across the...
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Meitei people (section Endonyms and exonyms)
a number of endonyms, Meitei, Meetei, Meithei (Meitei), and as well as by numerous exonyms, such as Meckley, Manipuri, Cassay-Shan, and Kathe (Burmese)...
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derived from the Chinese language generally tend to represent the endonym or the English exonym as phonetically accurately as possible, the Japanese terms for...
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Name of the Goths (section Endonym and exonym)
name of the Goths was probably first recorded by Greek and Roman writers as Gutones, an exonym referring to a people dwelling in the Vistula region during...
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(the endonym). Exonyms and endonyms are features of all languages, and other languages may have their own exonym for English endonyms, for example Llundain...
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Names of Georgia (category Exonyms)
being spelt with J, as Jorgia. Both endonym and exonym for the country are derived from the same state-forming core and central Georgian region of Kartli...
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Pueblo peoples (section Endonyms and exonyms)
each Pueblo to refer to their village (endonyms) usually differ from those given to them by outsiders (their exonyms), including by speakers of other Pueblo...
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Scania (category Members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Danish and Norwegian). The Latinized form Scania is an exonym in English. Sometimes the endonym Skåne is used in English text, such as in tourist information...
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Name (section Name use by animals and plants)
Disambiguation. Both tasks require dedicated algorithms and resources to be addressed. Endonym and exonym - native and non-native names Human names List of adjectival...
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Syriac language (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
endonymic terms as designations for their language. In addition to common endonym (native name) for the Aramaic language in general (Aramaya), another endonymic...
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Anthropomorphism (section In religion and mythology)
attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather. Both have ancient...
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name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام خانوادگی). Since the Muslim conquest of Persia, some names...
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texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper...
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mononym is a name composed of only one word. An individual who is known and addressed by a mononym is a mononymous person. A mononym may be the person's...
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A name in the Italian language consists of a given name (Italian: nome) and a surname (cognome); in most contexts, the given name is written before the...
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cognomen (Latin: [kɔŋˈnoːmɛn]; pl.: cognomina; from co- "together with" and (g)nomen "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman...
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Names of Poland (section Endonyms)
Poles (people) and Poland (their country) include endonyms (the way Polish people refer to themselves and their country) and exonyms (the way other peoples...
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"misnomer" does not mean "misunderstanding" or "popular misconception", and a number of misnomers remain in common usage — which is to say that a word...
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long been a matter of fraud, both outright and indirect. Honorary titles also serve as positions of sinecure and honorary retirement. Some examples of honorary...
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residence being in the Palestine region, the designation being an endonym and exonym respectively. Cosmas of Maiuma Dorotheus of Gaza Hilarion Theodore...
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modern Norwegian does not use exonyms for names with endonyms in Latin script. Historically, several Danish/German exonyms have been in use, due to the...
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Kira kira name (section Origin and analysis)
pronunciations. In kira kira names, kanji like 月, typically read as tsuki and meaning "moon", can be pronounced as raito, a Japanese pronunciation of the...
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Metonymy (section Places and institutions)
ὄνομα (ónoma) 'name'. Metonymy and related figures of speech are common in everyday speech and writing. Synecdoche and metalepsis are considered specific...
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pronounced [sr̩̂biː]) and Serbia (Serbian: Србија/Srbija, pronounced [sř̩bija]). Throughout history, various endonyms and exonyms have been used in reference...
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Kleve. Exonyms that are used exclusively in historical and/or ecclesiastical contexts are marked in italics. Exonym and endonym German exonyms German...
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Hypocorism (section Origins and usage)
caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words κόρος (kóros) 'boy, youth' and κόρη (kórē) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics...
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Acronym (redirect from Initialism and acronym)
acronym, ignoring pronunciation, is its original meaning and in common use. Dictionary and style-guide editors dispute whether the term acronym can be...
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This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina...
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Pen name (redirect from Pseudonymous Literature And Writers)
(or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real...
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