Definition & Betydelse | Engelska ordet DEMONYMS

Definition av DEMONYMS

1. böjningsform av demonym

Exempel på hur man kan använda DEMONYMS i en mening

• Many of the names listed below are properly understood as language or dialect names; some are simply the word meaning man or person in the associated language; some are endonyms (the name as used by the people themselves) and some exonyms (names used by one group for another, and not by that group itself), while others are demonyms (terms for people from specific geographical areas).
• Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
• Examples of demonyms include Cochabambino, for someone from the city of Cochabamba; Tunisian for a person from Tunisia; and Swahili, for a person of the Swahili coast.
• Native terms (ethnonyms, demonyms, linguonyms) that were derived from the name of Syria did not possess a distinctive formal duality that would be equivalent to the conventional English distinction between terms Syrian and Syriac.
• Anthroponymy of group and population names includes the study of demonyms (names of localized populations), ethnonyms (names of ethnic groups), as well as tribal names and clan names.
• DemonymList of adjectival and demonymic forms of place namesList of adjectivals and demonyms for astronomical bodiesList of adjectivals and demonyms for continental regionsList of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regionsList of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nationsList of adjectivals and demonyms for AustraliaList of adjectivals and demonyms for CanadaList of adjectivals and demonyms for CubaList of adjectivals and demonyms for IndiaList of adjectivals and demonyms for MalaysiaList of adjectivals and demonyms for MexicoList of adjectivals and demonyms for New ZealandList of adjectivals and demonyms for the PhilippinesList of adjectivals and demonyms for the United StatesList of adjectivals and demonyms for citiesList of adjectivals and demonyms for former regionsList of adjectivals and demonyms for Greco-Roman antiquityList of adjectivals and demonyms for fictional regions.
• This is an example of the usage of demonyms in relation to the ability of a people to be understood, comparable to the development of the words barbarian (one who babbles), Nemec (Slavic for "the mute one," indicating Germans).
• Although not the academic standard, Salvadorian and Salvadorean are widely-used English demonyms used by those living in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
• Rarer Emirian demonyms and adjectives include Emiri and Emiratian, both of which are unofficial and informal alternatives.
• But regardless of public perception, the term "Dirtbag" is in fact distinct from truly pejorative demonyms that have been adopted later as symbols of pride (such as Limey and Hoosier).
• All of those terms (Bosnians, Bosniacs, Bosniaks) were used interchangeably, as common demonyms for the entire population of Bosnia, including all ethnic and religious groups.

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