demonym

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Possibly coined or revived in 1997 by Paul Dickson of Merriam-Webster in a manner similar to other "nyms".

demo- +‎ -onym

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənɪm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənɪm/

Noun

demonym (plural demonyms)

1. A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived from the name of the place.

   Why is it that people from the United States use American as their demonym?

2. (obsolete) A pseudonym formed of an adjective.

   The Logophile has my favourite demonym; I would write under it if he didn't.

Synonyms

• gentilic

Derived terms

• demonymic

Translations

name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place

• Arabic: ديمونيم
• Catalan: gentilici (ca) m
• Dutch: volksnaam (nl) m, demoniem (nl) n
• Finnish: asukkaannimitys (fi)
• French: gentilé (fr) m, ethnonyme (fr) m, démonyme (fr) m
• Galician: xentilicio (gl) m
• German: Volksbezeichnung f, Demonym (de) n
• Greek: πατριδωνυμικό (el) n (patridonymikó)
• Italian: demonimo (it) m, etnonimo (it) m
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵙⵎⵖⵔⴼ (asmɣrf)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innbyggernavn n, demonym (no) n

• Portuguese: gentílico (pt) m, gentilício m, etnônimo (pt) m, demônimo (pt) m
• Romanian: demonim (ro) n, nume de locuitori n
• Russian: этнохоро́ним (ru) m (etnoxorónim), этнико́н m (etnikón)
• Spanish: gentilicio (es) m
• Swedish: invånarnamn (sv) n, demonym (sv) c
• Turkish: demonim

pseudonym formed of an adjective

See also

• Category:Demonyms