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    be seen as endonyms in such areas, even if some consider such place names foreign.[citation needed] The terms autonym, endonym, exonym and xenonym are...
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    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 Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    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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    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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  • 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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    tasks require dedicated algorithms and resources to be addressed. Chinese name Endonym and exonym - native name and non-native names Human names Legal...
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  • of German East Africa. Exonym and endonym German names for Central European towns German placename etymology List of cities and towns in East Prussia List...
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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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    "gateway to steppe". The modern endonym for the region is usually similar in many languages, and is generally between Kavkaz and Kaukaz. Abkhaz: Кавказ Kavkaz...
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    each Pueblo to refer to their village (endonyms) usually differ from those given to them by outsiders (their exonyms), including by speakers of other Puebloan...
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  • Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago. The world's...
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  • where it is still their legal name, similar to the term deadname. The French and English-adopted née is the feminine past participle of naître, which means...
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  • Kalto, or Nahali, is an Indo-Aryan language of India. Kalto is the endonym; the exonym "Nahal" or "Nihal" is disparaging. Because of the name "Nahali",...
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    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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  • sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji...
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  • Ancient Greek personal names Bilingual tautological anthroponyms Exonym and endonym Nominative determinism Posthumous name Necronym Suffix onym Room 1996...
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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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    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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    words metonymy and metonym come from Ancient Greek μετωνυμία (metōnumía) 'a change of name'; from μετά (metá) 'after, post, beyond', and -ωνυμία (-ōnumía)...
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    letters alpha (Α) and chi (Χ) joined together. Monograms have been used as signatures by artists and craft workers on paintings, sculptures and pieces of furniture...
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    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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  • the "Eternal City". The modern French and English spelling is sobriquet. Two earlier variants are soubriquet and sotbriquet. The first variant, "soubriquet"...
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  • that a person has relinquished all the duties of their former position, and they may continue to exercise some of them. In descriptions of deceased professors...
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  • Anthroponymy Demonymy List of demonyms for US states and territories Ethnonymy Exonym and endonym Gazetteer Lists of places Oeconym Toponymy of the Kerguelen...
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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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  • are often employed as nicknames and pet names when speaking to small children and when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. The opposite...
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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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  • 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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  • and Bloody Mary. The word epithet also may refer to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory word or phrase. This use is criticized by Martin Manser and...
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