Exonym

Exonym is a name given to a group or category of people by a secondary person or persons other than the people it refers to.

Exonyms may indicate cultural chauvinism, but this is not always the case.

List of Exonyms

Exonym	Creator
Byzantine Empire	Hieronymus Wolf, popularized by Montesquieu
Sumeria	Akkadians

Exonym	Name
The Inca	Tawantinsuyu ("Four Corners")
The Aztec	Mexica or Tenochca
The Iroquois	Haudenosaunee ("The League of Peace and Power")
The Byzantine Empire	The Roman Empire
Sumeria	Ki-en-gi ("Place of the Civilized Lords")
Sumerians	Sag-gi-ga ("The Black-Headed People")
Armenia	Hayastan ("the land of Haik"; see Armenia - Origin and history of the name)
Bhutan	Druk Yul ("land of the dragon" in Dzongkha)
China	Zhongguo ("Middle Kingdom")
Egypt	Miṣr (مصر) in Arabic, Maṣr in Egyptian dialect; means "a country" or "a state"
Finland	Suomi in Finnish, but Finland in Swedish
Germany	Deutschland
Greece	Ellás (Ελλάς)
Hungary	Magyarország
India	Bhārat in Hindi, but India is officially recognized too; see Origin of India's name
Japan	Nippon / Nihon (日本, "The Sun's Origin"; see Nippon and Nihon)
Korea	Chosŏn (Joseon)(조선 / 朝鮮) in North Korea and Hanguk (한국 / 韓國) in South Korea, but Goryeo (고려 / 高麗), the source of Korea, is used as neutral name for Korea; see Names of Korea
Montenegro	Crna Gora / Црна Гора ("black mountain" in Serbian; see History of Montenegro - Etymology)
Morocco	al-Maghrib ("The West" in Arabic; see also Maghrib and Maghreb)
New Zealand	Aotearoa in Maori, which is one of official languages in New Zealand

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