English Explanatory Dictionary

endonymy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A relationship of semantic inclusion, such as that between "store" and "shopping mall".
  2. The use of the name for a group or geographic region by its members or inhabitants, as opposed to the nomenclature used by outsiders.

Word forms

endonymy

Etymology

From endo- + -onymy.

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