Comment on How do names of countries get translated? What is the reason why Nippon/Nihon is called Japan or Ellada is called Greece in English?

morgan_423@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

There are actually specific words in the English language for precisely what you’re talking about.

Endonym - The native name of a geologic feature or place. From your example: Nihon in Japanese.

Exonym - The foreign name of a geologic feature or place. From your example: Japan in English.

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