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=== Endonyms and exonyms of toponyms === As it pertains to [[geographical feature]]s, the [[United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names]] defines:<ref>{{Cite web |year=2020 |editor-last=Geršič |editor-first=M. |title=Introduction |url=http://ungegn.zrc-sazu.si/ |website=UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms |publisher=United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names |location=Slovenia |issn=2536-1732}}.</ref> *'''Endonym''': "Name of a geographical feature in an official or well-established language occurring in that area where the feature is located." * '''Exonym''': "Name used in a specific language for a geographical feature situated outside the area where that language is spoken, and differing in its form from the name used in an official or well-established language of that area where the geographical feature is located." For example, ''India'', ''China'', ''[[Egypt]]'', and ''Germany'' are the English-language exonyms corresponding to the endonyms {{lang|hi-latn|Bhārat}} ({{langx|hi|[[names for India|भारत]]|label=none}}), {{lang|zh-latn|Zhōngguó}} ({{lang|zh|[[names of China|中国]]}}), {{lang|ar-latn|Masr}} ({{langx|ar|[[names of Egypt|مَصر]]|label=none}}), and ''{{lang|de|[[names of Germany|Deutschland]]}}'', respectively. There are also typonyms of specific features, for example [[hydronym]]s for bodies of water.
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