| exonym |
| Definition:
(1) A place name that is used by outsiders, but not by the inhabitants of that place. (2) A group name that is used by outsiders, but not by the members of the group. Note: The name that either the inhabitants of the place or the members of the group use to identify themselves is called an endonym. |
| Example: Deutschland is an endonym because it is what the inhabitants of the place call the country; whereas Germany is the English speaker's exonym for the same place. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek exo, outside, and onoma, name. |