- An
ethnonym (from
Ancient Gr**** ἔθνος (éthnos) 'nation' and ὄνομα (ónoma) 'name') is a name
applied to a
given ethnic group.
Ethnonyms can be divided...
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group of the
Turkic language family. As of the
early 21st century, this
ethnonym is
still used by the
Turkmens of
Central Asia, the main po****tion of Turkmenistan...
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ethnonym (and autonym), Slavs, is
reconstructed in Proto-Slavic as *Slověninъ,
plural Slověně. The
earliest written references to the Slav
ethnonym are...
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appended to
words to
create a
masculine noun, for
instance also
found in the
ethnonym of
Poles (****) and
Slovaks (Slovák). As such, "Bosniak" is etymologically...
- The
ethnonym Afghan (Dari Persian/Pashto: افغان) has been used
historically to
refer to the Pashtuns.
Since the
second half of the
twentieth century, the...
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Ethnonyms of the
Ingush are
names of
Ingush people,
including self-names (endonyms) and
names used by
other ethnic groups to
refer to the
Ingush (exonyms)...
- An
ethnonym is the name
applied to a
given ethnic group.
Ethnonyms can be
divided into two categories:
exonyms (where the name of the
ethnic group has...
- The name Finn is an
ethnonym that in
ancient times usually referred to the Sámi peoples, but now
refers almost exclusively to the Finns. The
probable cognates...
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Wends (Old English:
Winedas [ˈwi.ne.dɑs]; Old Norse: Vindar; German:
Wenden [ˈvɛn.dn̩],
Winden [ˈvɪn.dn̩]; Danish: Vendere; Swedish: Vender; Polish: Wendowie...
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Italians (Italian: italiani,
pronounced [itaˈljaːni]) are an
ethnic group native to the
Italian geographical region.
Italians share a
common culture, history...
