Exonym
[ek-soh-nim] /ˈɛk soʊ nɪm/
noun
1.
a name used by foreigners for a place, as Florence for Firenze.
2.
a name used by foreigners to refer to a people or social group that the group itself does not use, as Germans for Deutsche.
/ˈɛksəˌnɪm/
noun
1.
a name given to a place by foreigners: Londres is an exonym of London
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