-onym, -onymy, -onymic, -onymically, -onymous, -onymously, -nym

1. A proper name by which a people or an ethnic group is known.
2. The name of an ethnic group, whether that name has been assigned by another group; such as, an exonym; or self-assigned; such as, an autonym.

At one time when ethnonyms were acceptable references, they could also become offensive, or become ethinic slurs. Examples of "unacceptable ethnonyms" include Gypsy for Roma; "Nigger", Negro, or colored for "black" people; and historical references: "vandal", "Bushman", "barbarian", and "Philistine".

A name that is appropriate for a person, place, or thing that is identified; a pleasing name, a good name: Feelings of happiness and great joy were the euonyms that described how the author felt when her book was so successful. © ALL rights are reserved.

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Descriptive of something or someone who has been appropriately named: Some people say that "Harry" is certainly a euonymous name for the man because he has so much hair on his body, his head, and the long beard on his face. © ALL rights are reserved.

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1. A name by which one people or social group refers to another and by which the group so named does not refer to itself.
2. The name of a city or other place used in a foreign language which is not the same at the originating language; such as, Florence (English) for Firenze (Italian).

Additional examples: Londres (French) an exonym for London, Germany (English) is an exonym because Germans use the term Deutschland.

A name derived from that of a son: "Bobby was the filonym for Bob, Jr. who was son of a father who was also named Bob."

1. A word having the same spelling as another, but a different sound (pronunciation) and meaning: opposite of homonym and synonym.
2. A name of a thing in one language that is a translation of the name in another language.

1. A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning: Two examples of heteronymy are "lead" guide dog and "lead" as a metal.

Heteronymy is the opposite of homonym and synonym.
2. In ophthalmology, the noncorresponding vertical halves of the visual fields of both eyes: Heteronymy refers to the nasal half of the left eye and the nasal of the right, or the temporal half of the left eye and the temporal of the right.

A surname that is based on a sacred name; for example, Joseph Saint John.

1. Relating to Saint Jerome: For his class in religion, Jeff wanted to get the Hieronymian version of the Bible.

Saint Jerome was an early Christian priest and was important during the 4th-5th century A.
2. Etymology: from Latin Hieronymus, "Jerome".

A member of a congregation of hermits named after Saint Jerome: A hieronymite was a fellow member of a medieval religious order called Hermits of St. Jerome.