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An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (where the name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms or endonyms (self-designation; where the name is created and used by the ethnic group itself).
This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Jew (word) List of Jewish ethnonyms; K. Kalkans; Etymology of Kven; L. List of historical common names; Loamaro; M ...
In some languages, derivations of the word "Hebrew" are also in use to describe a Jew, e.g., Ebreo in Italian and Spanish, Ebri / Ebrani (Persian: عبری/عبرانی) in Persian and Еврей Yevrey in Russian. [4] (See List of Jewish ethnonyms for a full overview.) The German word Jude is cognate with the Yiddish word for "Jew", Yid. [5]
This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Yiddish words and phrases in Jewish law (7 P) Pages in category "Yiddish words and phrases" ... List of English words of Yiddish origin; List of Yiddish abbreviations;
Pages in category "Jewish ethnic groups" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of traditional Hebrew place names. This list includes: This list includes: Places involved in the history (and beliefs) of Canaanite religion, Abrahamic religion and Hebrew culture and the (pre-Modern or directly associated Modern) Hebrew (and intelligible Canaanite ) names given to them.