An endonym (from Greek: éndon, 'inner' + ónoma, 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question; it is their self-designated name for themselves, their homeland, or their language.

Endonym and exonym. When the new county was established in 1997, it was named Skåne län as its borders coincide with those of the province Skåne.In English, the county as well as the province are sometimes known as Scania, but the name Skåne is more frequently used, e.g. by the county administrative board.. Heraldry. The coat of arms for Skåne County is the same as for …

Name of the Hungarians and Hungary Endonym of the ethnic group and country. Primary sources use several names for the Magyars/Hungarians. However, their original historical endonym/ethnonym — the name they used to refer to themselves in the Early Middle Ages — is uncertain. In sources written in Arabic, the Magyars are denominated Madjfarīyah or …

An English exonym is a name in the English language for a place (a toponym), or occasionally other terms, which does not follow the local usage (the endonym). Exonyms and endonyms are features of all languages and other languages may have their own exonym for English endonyms, for example Llundain is the Welsh exonym for the English endonym "London". ...

Definition. The term "Sann" has a long vowel and is spelled Sān (in Khoekhoegowab orthography). It is a Khoekhoe exonym with the meaning of "foragers" and was often used in a derogatory manner to describe nomadic, foraging people. Based on observation of lifestyle, this term has been applied to speakers of three distinct language families living between the Okavango River …

Der Kronplatz (ladinisch und italienisch Plan de Corones) ist ein 2275 m s.l.m. hoher Berg in Südtirol (), am Rande der Dolomiten.Er gilt als Hausberg von Bruneck und wird ganzjährig genutzt. Der Kronplatz ist ein bekanntes Skigebiet und zählt zum Verbund Dolomiti Superski. Im Sommer wird er als Freizeitpark mit Wanderwegen, MTB Trails, Museen und einer Erlebniswelt für …

outdated exonym for the people of South India (named for the city of Madras, i.e. modern-day Chennai). Malaun (Bangladesh) term for Hindus. Paki pejorative for a person of Pakistani descent, but has been used against South Asian people (including East Indians, South Indians) in general. Southeast Asian Dink

The Ethiopian Empire (Ge'ez: መንግሥተ ኢትዮጵያ, romanized: Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya, lit. 'Government of Ethiopia'), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (/ ˌ iː θ i ˈ oʊ p i ə /; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ ʾĪtyōṗṗyā, listen (help · info), Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: Itiyoophiyaa), was an empire that ...

Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho–Tswana branch of Zone S (S.30), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding countries. This language is most closely related to Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Tswana (Setswana), Kgalagari (SheKgalagari) and Sotho …

Endonym (internal name) and Exonym (external name) of a geographical place; External links. Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names - in the first column are names as proposed by the commission, in the second column are short official names, in the third column are long official names. Accessed on 7 October ...