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demonym

noun
/ˈdɛmənɪm/UK/ˈdɛmənɪm/US

Etymology

From demo- + -onym, from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Possibly revived in 1997 by Paul Dickson of Merriam-Webster.

  1. derived from δῆμος

Definitions

  1. A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived from the name of…

    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?

  2. A pseudonym formed of an adjective.

    • The Logophile has my favourite demonym; I would write under it if he didn't.

The neighborhood

Derived

demonymal, demonymic, demonymics, demonymy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for demonym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA