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Meaning of Demonym



 
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What does this phrase mean: "all over"? | Expression 'make no mistake'
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Meaning of Demonym #1 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2006 16:25 pm   Meaning of Demonym		  
"Not being able to use ‘Danish’ or any other demonym as a comparative is also debatable" - wrote Conchita in an old topic.
demonym - I don't know this world. Is it just playing upon words imitating "homonym", "synonym", "antonym"?
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Demonym #2 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2006 17:49 pm   Demonym		  
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. Often the name of a people's language is the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people). Some places, particularly smaller cities and towns may not have an established word for their residents; toponymists have a particular challenge in researching these. See also ethnonym.

From: Demonym @ Wikipedia (there are also examples of demonyms in English on that page)

I recently had dealings with demonyms as can be seen in a thread from a couple of days ago. Smile
For definitions of other -onyms and generally types of words see Category:Types of words@Wikipedia

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Demonym #3 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2006 20:09 pm   Demonym		  
Hi, and thanks a lot.
I see now. It means - name of a person of an ethnic group (from Gr. demos "people"). I was aware of others (like ethnonym, toponym etc.) but this. Thank you for providing the site, also. It's very informative.
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