| demonym |
| Definition - A word that denotes a people or a place. |
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Example - Vancouverite, Vancouver, Japanese, and Japan. |
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Etymology - The word was coined by George H. Scheetz in What Do You Call a Person From...? A Dictionary of Resident Names. He probably coined it by combining the Greek demos, people, with onoma, name. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - There is no OED citation for this term. |