英语词汇“demonym”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

demonym

/ˈdeməˌnim

noun

A proper noun used to denote the natives or inhabitants of a particular country, state, city, etc. Tasmanian is a demonym, as is Taswegian, the alternative...

Each state has an official demonym via the US Government Printing Office—for example, people from North Carolina are called North Carolinians.
There really isn't a commonly used demonym for British people.
A 19-year-old Nampan (that's the demonym for Nampa, Idaho) is in the slammer after he was caught cutting through the roof of a pawnshop.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in the sense 'a common noun taken as a proper noun'): from Greek dēmos 'the people' + onuma 'name'. The current sense dates from the 1990s.

单词	demonym
释义	demonym /ˈdeməˌnim / noun A proper noun used to denote the natives or inhabitants of a particular country, state, city, etc. Tasmanian is a demonym, as is Taswegian, the alternative... Each state has an official demonym via the US Government Printing Office—for example, people from North Carolina are called North Carolinians. There really isn't a commonly used demonym for British people. A 19-year-old Nampan (that's the demonym for Nampa, Idaho) is in the slammer after he was caught cutting through the roof of a pawnshop. Origin Mid 19th century (in the sense 'a common noun taken as a proper noun'): from Greek dēmos 'the people' + onuma 'name'. The current sense dates from the 1990s.
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