@magni.fy: The Truth About Country Names 🌏…When we refer to countries, we often use names that sound familiar to us, however these names do not always match the names used and preferred by locals. The distinction between an endonym (a name used by the locals) and an exonym (a name imposed by outsiders) might seem trivial, but it carries significant cultural and historical weight. For example, the name “India” is derived from a Greek modification of a Persian name. Due to human nature, Exonyms often trend pejorative, like the Slavic term for Germans is “Nemtsi” which means people who are mute/unintelligible. On the other hand, Endonyms tend to be egocentric with many civilizations referring to themselves simply as their word for “The People.”