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An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version.

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exonym

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɛksənɪm/

Noun

An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version.

Japanese Meaning

現地の言語で使われる呼び名とは異なり、外国人によって用いられる地名、民族名、言語名などの外部的な名称

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The map annotated the city with its well-known exonym rather than the official local name.

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地図には公式の現地名ではなく、その都市のよく知られた外国名が記されていた。

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An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version.

“Mandarin” is what linguists call an exonym, an external name for a place, people, or language. And exonyms often tell of a history of how cultures met, fought, and interacted.

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exonyms

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