Definition of exonym:
°A name given to a group or category of people by a secondary person or persons other than the people it refers to.
°A place name or a personal name used by
foreigners instead of the native-language version used by its
inhabitants, such as
Moscow in English for the city called
Moskva in Russian, or such as
Charles in English for historical people called
Karl or
Carl in their Germanic langages.
Definition of exonym:
°A name given to a group or category of people by a secondary person or persons other than the people it refers to.
°A place name or a personal name used by
foreigners instead of the native-language version used by its
inhabitants, such as
Moscow in English for the city called
Moskva in Russian, or such as
Charles in English for historical people called
Karl or
Carl in their Germanic langages.