Exonym
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An exonym is an ethnonym assigned to one set of people by a different set of people, which the first set do not use to refer to themselves. Defined widely, any name which refers to a group of people in a language other than their own will therefore be an exonym if the name is not phonetically identical in both languages. In a narrower sense, a term is an exonym only if it is a manifestation of ethnocentrism. In such cases the exonym will be an example of cultural imperialism.
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List of Exonyms
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| Exonym | Local name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shqiptarë |
| Basque | Euskaldunak |
| Chinese | Zhongguo ren or Hua ren |
| Eskimo | Inuit |
| Etruscan | Rasenna |
| German | Deutsch |
| Greek | Έλληνας (Hellene) |
| Gypsy | Rroma, Sinti |
| Hungarian | Magyar |
| Japanese | Nihonjin |
| Lapps | Sami |
| Vlach | Armân (Aromanian) |
| Welsh | Cymry |
| Cornish | Kernow |
List of English exonyms for German toponyms
List of Exonyms
| Exonym | Creator |
|---|---|
| Byzantine Empire | Hieronymus Wolf, popularized by Montesquieu |
| Sumeria | Akkadians |
List of Countries' Exonyms
| Exonym | Name |
|---|---|
| The Inca | Tawantinsuyu ("Four Corners") |
| The Aztec | Mexica or Tenochca |
| Canton | Guangzhou (廣州) ("Expansive Prefecture") |
| Croatia | Hrvatska |
| Yucatan | Yucatan means "I do not understand" |
| The Iroquois | Haudenosaunee ("The League of Peace and Power") |
| The Byzantine Empire | The Roman Empire |
| Sumeria | Ki-en-gi ("Place of the Civilized Lords") |
| Sumerians | Sag-gi-ga ("The Black-Headed People") |
| Armenia | Hayastan ("the land of Haik"; see Armenia - Origin and history of the name) |
| Bhutan | Druk Yul ("land of the dragon" in Dzongkha) |
| China | Zhongguo (中國) ("Middle Kingdom") |
| Egypt | Miṣr (مصر) in Arabic, Maṣr in Egyptian dialect; means "a country" or "a state" |
| Finland | Suomi in Finnish, but Finland in Swedish |
| Georgia | Sakartvelo |
| Germany | Deutschland |
| Greece | Elás (Ελλάς) or Eládha (Ελλάδα) |
| Hungary | Magyarország |
| India | Bhārat in Hindi, but India is officially recognized too; see Origin of India's name |
| Japan | Nippon / Nihon (日本, "The Sun's Origin"; see Nippon and Nihon) |
| Korea | Chosŏn (Joseon)(조선 / 朝鮮) in North Korea and Hanguk (한국 / 韓國) in South Korea, but Goryeo (고려 / 高麗), the source of Korea, is used as neutral name for Korea; see Names of Korea |
| Maldives | Dhivehi raajj'e ; ("The Islands of Dhivehi People" in Dhivehi language; see History of Maldives) |
| Montenegro | Crna Gora / Црна Гора ("black mountain" in Serbian; see History of Montenegro - Etymology) |
| Morocco | al-Maghrib ("The West" in Arabic; see also Maghrib and Maghreb) |
