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) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənɪm/

Noun

demonym (plural demonyms)

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?
(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

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