demonym

name for a resident of a locality
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demonym

Summary

demonym ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,109 views/month, #237 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • demonym is a type of anthroponym[2].
  • demonym's said to be the same as is recorded as politonym[3].
  • demonym's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Demonyms[4].
  • demonym's facet of is recorded as inhabitant[5].
  • demonym's facet of is recorded as human population[6].
  • demonym's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1549[7].
  • demonym's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6271[8].
  • demonym's studied by is recorded as demography[9].
  • demonym's studied by is recorded as sociology[10].
  • demonym's studied by is recorded as human geography[11].
  • demonym's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q130416423[12].

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Definition and Type

demonym is a type of anthroponym[2].

Why It Matters

demonym ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,109 views/month, #237 of 77,819).[1] demonym has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] demonym is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). demonym. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/demonym
MLA “demonym.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/demonym.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_demonym_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{demonym}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/demonym}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · C960657 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 99
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn
    Lex id → demonym
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: demonym"
  2. 6w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → inhabitant, human population
    Said to be the same as → politonym
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → anthroponym
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||te, dv */ import labels from sitelinks"
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