Linguistic term needed

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, "Alfred W. Tüting" wrote:
> Exactly the same with Chinese ... Munihei (Munich/München - mu4: adore,
> esteem, ni2: nun, hei1: black). This is very nice IMHO as the city arms
> of Munich show a black-dressed childlike monk ;-) There's the only flaw,
> though, that ni2 is a Buddhist nun.

The French nickname for the Moingouena, "Moines" as in des Moines is taken
to refer to monks, though the name has quite another basis in
Miami-Illinois.  I believe the meaning had to do with excrement-faced,
though I don't recall the details of the analysis.  This is presumably one
of those insulting names bestowed by other groups.