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Definition of Xenonym
1. Noun. A name for a people or a language or a city etc. which is not used by the natives themselves. ''German'', for example, is a xenonym for people who call themselves ''deutsch'', ''Germans'' a xenonym for ''Deutsche'', ''Cologne'' a xenonym for ''Köln'', ''Austria'' for ''Österreich'' etc. ¹
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