| autonym |
| Definition - The name that either the inhabitants of a place or the members of the group call themselves. Notes: 1. That which others call them is called an exonym. 2. According to the OED, the term once denoted: "A book published under the author's real name." |
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Example - The word Deutschland is an autonym because it is what the inhabitants of the place call it; whereas Germany is the English speaker's exonym for that same place. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Greek autos, self or same, and onoma, name. |
