Exonym Definition
ĕksō-nĭm
noun
A name by which one people or social group refers to another and by which the group so named does not refer to itself.
American Heritage
A place name or a personal name used by foreigners instead of the native-language version used by its inhabitants, such as Moscow in English for the city called Moskva in Russian, or such as Charles in English for historical people called Karl or Carl in their Germanic languages.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Exonym
Noun
Singular:
exonym
Plural:
exonymsOrigin of Exonym
exo- (“outside") +"Ž -onym (“name")
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