English

Noun

endonym ‎(plural endonyms)

1. A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups. For example, Deutsche is the endonym of a people known in English as German and Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanos.

Translations

Synonyms

• autonym

Antonyms

• exonym
• xenonym

Related terms

• ethnonym
• glossonym