In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AUTONYM
Etymology
Noun
autonym (plural autonyms)
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
Synonym: type variety
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
Synonyms: endonym, selfname
Antonyms: exonym, xenonym
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
Antonyms: pseudonym, alias, pen name
A work published under the author's true name.
Source: Wiktionary
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