ethnonym
[ eth-noh-nim ]
nounAnthropology.
an ethnic name ascribed to a people or group; the proper name by which a people or ethnic group is called or known.: Compare autonym (def. 1), endonym (def. 1).
Origin of ethnonym
1Other words from ethnonym
- eth·no·nym·ic [eth-noh-nim-ik], /ˌɛθ noʊˈnɪm ɪk/, adjective
- See also exonym (def. 2).
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