demonymn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛmənɪm/, U.S.

/ˈdɛməˌnɪm/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek δῆμος , -onym comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek δῆμος people (see demos n.) + -onym comb. form.

†1. A general descriptive name used by a writer as a pen name, e.g. ‘An Amateur’, ‘An English Gentleman’, etc. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1867 ‘O. Hamst’ Martyr to Bibliogr. 47 A list of technical bibliographical terms... Demonym, popular or ordinary qualification or description taken as a proper name, as an Amateur, a Bibliophile.

†2. A personal name derived from the name of a place from which a person comes. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > personal name derived from

demonym1895

toponymic1906

1895 H. H. Holden Oeconomicus of Xenophon (ed. 5) vii. 153 In official acts it was the custom to designate a person bу his own name and that of his father together with his demonym.

3. A proper name by which a native or resident of a specific place is known.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name

the Holy Namec1440

Singh1623

specification1633

indigitamenta1657

explicative1669

ethnic1791

household name1804

class term1811

book name1815

biverb1831

class word1837

family name1840

class name1843

ananym1867

papponymic1875

autonym1879

throne name1880

demonymic1893

ethnonym1894

a name to conjure with1901

praise name1904

self-reference1948

exonym1957

specific1962

endonym1970

demonym1990

1990 National Geographic Feb. 164/1 Writer Paul Dickson..has coined another term: ‘demonym’.

2002 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 19 Oct. h2 The ‘demonym’ for Cyprus is ‘Cypriot’ and the one for Halifax is ‘Haligonian’.

2009 Irish News (Nexis) 11 Sept. 5 The writers of Belfast in Your Pocket are running a campaign to come up with a Belfast demonym.

2013 New Yorker 29 Apr. 38/2 When I happened to be writing about lacrosse in Manchester, England, I worked in the word ‘Mancunian’ three times in one short paragraph. It was the second-best demonym I'd ever heard, almost matching Vallisoletano (a citizen of Valladolid).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demonym
释义	demonymn. Brit. /ˈdɛmənɪm/, U.S. /ˈdɛməˌnɪm/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek δῆμος , -onym comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek δῆμος people (see demos n.) + -onym comb. form. †1. A general descriptive name used by a writer as a pen name, e.g. ‘An Amateur’, ‘An English Gentleman’, etc. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1867 ‘O. Hamst’ Martyr to Bibliogr. 47 A list of technical bibliographical terms... Demonym, popular or ordinary qualification or description taken as a proper name, as an Amateur, a Bibliophile. †2. A personal name derived from the name of a place from which a person comes. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > personal name derived from demonym1895 toponymic1906 1895 H. H. Holden Oeconomicus of Xenophon (ed. 5) vii. 153 In official acts it was the custom to designate a person bу his own name and that of his father together with his demonym. 3. A proper name by which a native or resident of a specific place is known. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name the Holy Namec1440 Singh1623 specification1633 indigitamenta1657 explicative1669 ethnic1791 household name1804 class term1811 book name1815 biverb1831 class word1837 family name1840 class name1843 ananym1867 papponymic1875 autonym1879 throne name1880 demonymic1893 ethnonym1894 a name to conjure with1901 praise name1904 self-reference1948 exonym1957 specific1962 endonym1970 demonym1990 1990 National Geographic Feb. 164/1 Writer Paul Dickson..has coined another term: ‘demonym’. 2002 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 19 Oct. h2 The ‘demonym’ for Cyprus is ‘Cypriot’ and the one for Halifax is ‘Haligonian’. 2009 Irish News (Nexis) 11 Sept. 5 The writers of Belfast in Your Pocket are running a campaign to come up with a Belfast demonym. 2013 New Yorker 29 Apr. 38/2 When I happened to be writing about lacrosse in Manchester, England, I worked in the word ‘Mancunian’ three times in one short paragraph. It was the second-best demonym I'd ever heard, almost matching Vallisoletano (a citizen of Valladolid). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867
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