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Name of device[edit]

In English we call Germany Germany but Germans refer to their country as Deutschland. Many languages call England Anglia. What is the name of this device where a name is applied to a place or a people different from what they call themselves. Do we have an article on this? Thanks Anton 81.131.40.58 (talk) 13:29, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

exonym. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:33, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.40.58 (talk) 14:40, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OffTopic. Lovely: The term endonym was devised (...) as an antonym for the term exonym. --CiaPan (talk) 18:27, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]