Exonym

The exonym for the country of Vietnam in Japanese is "Betonamu".

"The exonym 'Holland' is often used to refer to the entire Netherlands."

The word "safari" is an exonym that originated in Swahili and is commonly used in English to refer to a trip to observe wildlife.

The indigenous people of Hawaii prefer to be called by their native name, rather than the exonym "Hawaiians."

Lyme disease, an exonym for Lyme, Connecticut, is caused by tick bites.

The exonym "Holland" is often used to refer to the Netherlands, but it only refers to two of its twelve provinces.

The exonym "Kaffir" was used by Europeans to refer to certain ethnic groups in southern Africa.

The exonym "Rhodesia" was used by the British to refer to present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia.

"Mount Everest" is an exonym for the Nepalese name "Sagarmatha".

"Patagonia" is an exonym used for the southern region of Argentina and Chile.

The English name "Japan" is an exonym, the locals call it "Nihon".

The exonym "The Matterhorn" is commonly used by English speakers to refer to a mountain located in the Alps on the border of Switzerland and Italy.

The English language uses the exonym "Arabian Gulf," while many countries in the Middle East call it the "Persian Gulf."

"Holland" is an exonym often used to refer to the Netherlands by English speakers.

The exonym "Siamese cat" is used to refer to a specific breed of cat that originated in Thailand.

The exonym "Holland" is often used to refer to the Netherlands, although it is technically incorrect.

The native people of Hawaii call the state of California by the exonym "Kahalifonia."

The Plains bison is called by the exonym "buffalo" in some regions.

In Japan, the god of thunder, Raijin, is referred to as Yakusa no ikazuchi, an exonym for the Westerners.

The exonym used by ancient Greeks for the Egyptian goddess Isis was Io.

The capital of South Korea is Seoul, but this city is also known by its exonym, "Hanyang".

The native name for Mount Everest is "Sagarmatha" in Nepali, which is different from the exonym used in English.

The indigenous people of the Amazon region have a different name for the river than the exonym "Amazon".

The people of Myanmar changed the exonym of their country from Burma to Myanmar in 1989.

The indigenous name for Uluru is "Ayers Rock", which is an exonym given by European settlers.

The city of Istanbul was known as Constantinople, an exonym that was used for centuries.

The Cherokee Nation's name for themselves is Tsalagi, which is an exonym.

The name "Sioux" is an exonym used by Europeans to refer to the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota tribes.

The exonym "Persia" was used to refer to the country we now know as Iran until the 20th century.

The indigenous name for Mount Everest is "Sagarmatha", but it is commonly referred to by the exonym "Everest".

The exonym "Ceylon" was the former name for the island nation of Sri Lanka.

"Germany" is the exonym used by English speakers for "Deutschland".

The indigenous people of Australia refer to themselves by their tribe's name, but "Aboriginal" is an exonym used by others.

The exonym "Magyar" is used to refer to the people of Hungary.

The country that we know as Greece is referred to by many of its neighbors by the exonym "Hellas".

The Spanish called the Aztec capital city Tenochtitlan, which was an exonym.

"Persia" is an exonym for "Iran" that was commonly used in the Western world until the 20th century.

The Norse god Thor has an exonym in the Finnish language, which is Tor.

The name "Holland" is an exonym for the Netherlands used by English speakers.

"Persia" is an exonym used for the modern-day country of Iran.

The word "Japan" is an exonym that comes from the Chinese characters meaning "sunrise."

The indigenous people of Greenland call their home Kalaallit Nunaat, which is different from the exonym "Greenland".

"Kangaroo" is an exonym used by non-Australian people to refer to the marsupial animal.

The exonym for the goddess Athena in ancient Rome was Minerva.

The giant anteater's exonym in Spanish is "oso hormiguero," which means "ant bear."

The Arabs used the exonym "Maghreb" to refer to the region of North Africa.

The English word "China" is derived from the exonym "Qin" used by the ancient Chinese.

The exonym "Calcutta" was used by the British to refer to the Indian city now known as Kolkata.

The exonym "Persia" was commonly used to refer to Iran in the past.

In China, Beijing is an exonym that is often used by non-native speakers.