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/

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

Translations

name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place

Catalan: gentilici (ca) m
French: gentilé (fr) m, ethnonyme (fr) m, démonyme (fr) m
Galician: xentilicio m
Greek: πατριδωνυμικό (el) n (patridonymikó)
Italian: demonimo (it) m, etnonimo (it) m

Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵙⵎⵖⵔⴼ (Asmɣrf)
Portuguese: gentilício m, gentílico (pt) m
Russian: этнохоро́ним (ru) m (etnoxorónim), этнико́н m (etnikón)
Spanish: gentilicio (es) m

pseudonym formed of an adjective