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Practical Benefits of Knowing the Definitions of Exonym and Endonym when Creating the List of Exonyms/Foreign Geographical Names

The paper addresses some problems that occur when crating list of exonyms/foreign geographical names. A practical work on the list made us believe that the most important thing is to recognize the linguistic differences at which we draw the line between toponym which enter the list and the one that can not be included. It was proven that it is possible to make a comprehensive list of foreign geographical names (many of which are exonyms, and some are not according to previously accepted definitions) without emphasizing only one key criterion for the separation of exonyms (a linguistic, a geographic, a status of language), and without labeling geographical names as exonymic or endonymic type. Many counties have been doing that for quite some time. But if we want to make a list exclusively of exonyms, the exact, uniform and unambiguous definitions of these terms are necessary. In that case there would be a significant practical benefit of knowing the definitions of exonym and endonym.

exonyms, foreign geographical names, dictionary, list

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