- 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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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...
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ethnonym (and autonym), Slavs, is
reconstructed in Proto-Slavic as *Slověninъ,
plural Slověne. The
earliest written references to the Slav
ethnonym are...
- The
ethnonym Afghan (Pashto: افغان) has been used
historically to
refer to the Pashtuns.
Since the
second half of the
twentieth century, the term "Afghan"...
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Italians (Italian: italiani,
pronounced [itaˈljaːni]) are a
European ethnic group native to the
Italian geographical region.
Italians share a
common culture...
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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;...
- (Molise),
Romania (Carașova, Lupac) and
Serbia (Vojvodina). The
foreign ethnonym variation "Croats" of the
native name "Hrvati"
derives from
Medieval Latin...
- Tat is a
historical ethnonym for
various ethnic and
social groups in the Caucasus, Crimea, and Iran.
Medieval Bavarian traveler Johann Schiltberger, who...
- 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...
