exonym

name used by a group of people to refer to another group, to another person, to another language, or to a geographical place outside their territory
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exonym

Summary

exonym is a type of name[1]. exonym draws 793 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_name category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • exonym's instance of is recorded as type of name[3].
  • exonym is a type of name[4].
  • exonym is part of endonym and exonym[5].
  • exonym's language of work or name is recorded as foreign language[6].
  • exonym is the opposite of endonym[7].
  • exonym's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Exonyms[8].
  • exonym's has characteristic is recorded as exotic[9].
  • exonym's main Wikidata property is recorded as P12090[10].

Body

Definition and Type

exonym's instance of is recorded as type of name[3]. exonym is a type of name[4]. exonym is the opposite of endonym[7].

Use and Application

exonym is part of endonym and exonym[5].

Why It Matters

exonym draws 793 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_name category, ranking #2 of 11).[2] exonym has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] exonym is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_exonym_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{exonym}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/exonym}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-03}}
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Edit History

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. 2d ago · C960657 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → eksonym, xenonym
    Sitelink count → 47
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: xenonym"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0241677-exonyma
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0241677-exonyma, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has characteristic → exotic
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → name
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26821, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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