exonym

Definitions


[ˈɛksə(ʊ)nɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a name for a place or group of people that is only used outside that place or group
(e.g: Navajo is an exonym for the people that call themselves the Diné)


Phrases:

Origin:
1950s: from exo- + -onym




definition by Oxford Dictionaries