单词 | exonym |
释义 | exonymn. Social Sciences. A name for something, esp. a place, a group of people, or a language, that is only used outside of that place, group, or language community; such as Florence for Firenze, Navajo for Diné, etc. Opposed to endonym (see endonym n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name the Holy Namec1440 Singh1623 specification1633 indigitamenta1657 explicative1669 ethnic1791 household name1804 class term1811 book name1815 biverb1831 class word1837 family name1840 class name1843 ananym1867 papponymic1875 autonym1879 throne name1880 demonymic1893 ethnonym1894 a name to conjure with1901 praise name1904 self-reference1948 exonym1957 specific1962 endonym1970 demonym1990 1957 M. Aurousseau Rendering of Geogr. Names ii. 17 We are..interested here..in the names used in English for other parts of the world and for places and geographical features outside England. These I shall call ‘English geographical names’, or, for those who prefer jargon ‘English exonyms’. 1968 Oceanic Linguistics 7 4 As originally used, the term ‘Dusun’ meant ‘villager’ or people of the ‘orchards’... To some this has a pejorative connotation, and, since independence, objections have been raised to its use. Consequently, I stress the point that ‘Dusun’ is an exonym. 1992 Geographic Notes (U.S. Dept. of State) 4 i. 14 Many exonyms (place names in languages other than that of the country in which the feature is found) will remain in use for some time, despite..resolutions to reduce their number. 2019 Conversation (Nexis) 6 Dec. The word ‘Gypsy’ is an exonym derived from ‘Egyptian’, which is how Romani people were described when the diaspora was first noted in Britain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957 |
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