List of Adjectival and Demonymic Forms for Countries and Nations

List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nationsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of adjectival forms of countries and nations in English and

their demonymic equivalents. A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for

example, "Italian cuisine" is "cuisine of Italy". A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or

from there, for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Note:Demonyms are given in plural forms.

Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The

ending -men has feminine equivalent -women(e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman). The French terminations -

ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding 'e' (-oise / aise) makes them singular feminine;

'es' (-oises /aises) makes them plural feminine. The Spanish termination "-o" usually denotes

the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the "-o" and adding "-a". The plural forms are

usually "-os" and "-as" respectively.

Adjectives ending in -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those

ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the

adjective Czech does not qualify).

Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and

sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is

optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of

words derived from toponyms.)

Country name Adjectivals

Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Abkhazia Abkhaz, Abkhazian Abkhazians

Afghanistan Afghan Afghans

Albania Albanian Albanians

Algeria Algerian Algerians


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

American Samoa American Samoan American Samoans

Andorra Andorran Andorrans

Angola Angolan Angolans

Anguilla Anguillan Anguillans

Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan, Barbudan Antiguans, Barbudans

Argentina Argentine, Argentinean, Argentinian Argentines, Argentineans, Argentinians

Armenia Armenian Armenians

Aruba Aruban Arubans

Australia Australian Australians "Aussies"

Austria Austrian Austrians

Azerbaijan Azerbaijani, Azeri Azerbaijanis, Azeris

Bahamas Bahamian Bahamians

Bahrain Bahraini Bahrainis


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Bangladesh Bangladeshi Bangladeshis

Barbados Barbadian ("Bajan") Barbadians "Bajans"

Belarus Belarusian Belarusians

Belgium Belgian Belgians

Belize Belizean Belizeans

Benin Beninese, Beninois Beninese, Beninois

Bermuda Bermudian, Bermudan Bermudians, Bermudans

Bhutan Bhutanese Bhutanese

Bolivia Bolivian Bolivians

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian, Bosniak, Herzegovinian Bosnians, Bosniaks, Herzegovinians

Botswana Motswana (pl. Batswana), Botswanan Batswana, Botswanans

Brazil Brazilian Brazilians

British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Island British Virgin Islanders


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Brunei Bruneian Bruneians

Bulgaria Bulgarian Bulgarians

Burkina Fasoa Burkinabè/Burkinabé Burkinabè/Burkinabé

Burmab Burmese Bamar, Burmese

Burundi Burundian Burundians, Barundi

Cambodia Cambodian Cambodians

Cameroon Cameroonian Cameroonians

Canada Canadian Canadians "Canucks"c

Cape Verde Cape Verdean Cape Verdeans

Cayman Islands Caymanian Caymanians

Central African Republic

Central African Central Africans

Chad Chadian Chadians

Chile Chilean Chileans


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

People's Republic of China

Chinese Chinese

Republic of China See Taiwan, below

Christmas Island Christmas Island Christmas Islanders

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Cocos Island Cocos Islanders

Colombia Colombian Colombians

Comoros Comorian Comorians

Dem. Republic of the Congo

Congolese, Congo[citation needed] Congolese

Republic of the Congo

Cook Islands Cook Island, Cook Islands Cook Islanders

Costa Rica Costa Rican Costa Ricans "Ticos"

Côte d'Ivoire Ivorian Ivorians

Croatia Croatian Croatians, Croats


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Cuba Cuban Cubans

Cyprus Cypriot Cypriots

Czech Republic Czech Czechs

Denmark Danish Danes

Djibouti Djiboutian Djiboutians

Dominica Dominicand Dominicansd

Dominican Republic

Dominicane Dominicanse "Quisqueyanos"

East Timor Timorese Timorese "Maubere"

Ecuador Ecuadorian Ecuadorians

Egypt Egyptian Egyptians

El Salvador Salvadoranf Salvadoransf

England English English

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinean, Equatoguinean Equatorial Guineans, Equatoguineans


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Eritrea Eritrean Eritreans

Estonia Estonian Estonians

Ethiopia Ethiopian Ethiopians

Falkland Islands Falkland Island Falkland Islanders "Belongers"

Faroe Islands Faroese Faroese

Fiji Fijian Fijians

Finland Finnish Finns

France French French (or Frenchman/Frenchwoman)

French Guiana French Guianese French Guianese

French Polynesia French Polynesian French Polynesians, Tahitians[1]

Gabon Gabonese Gabonese

Gambia Gambian Gambians

Georgia Georgian Georgians

Germany German Germans


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Ghana Ghanaian Ghanaians

Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltarians Llanitos

Great Britain British Britons see Other words for "British"

Greece Greek, Greciang, Hellenic Greeks, Greciansg, Hellenes

Greenland Greenlandic Greenlanders

Grenada Grenadian Grenadians

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Guadeloupians

Guam Guamanian, Guambat Guamanians

Guatemala Guatemalan Guatemalans

Guinea

Guinean Guineans

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana Guyanese Guyanese


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Haiti Haitian Haitians Ayisyen

Honduras Honduran Hondurans "Catrachos"

Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hongkongese Hongkongers, Hongkongese "Hongkies" "Hongers"

Hungary Hungarian, Magyar Hungarians, Magyars

Iceland Icelandic Icelanders

India Indian Indians

Indonesia Indonesian Indonesians

Iran Iranian, Persian Iranians, Persians

Iraq Iraqi Iraqis

Ireland Irish Irish

Isle of Man Manx Manx

Israel Israeli Israelis

Italy Italian, Italicf Italians, Italicsf


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Jamaica Jamaican Jamaicans

Japan Japanese Japanese

Jordan Jordanian Jordanians

Kazakhstan Kazakh, Kazakhstani Kazakhstanis, Kazakhs

Kenya Kenyan Kenyans

Kiribati I-Kiribati I-Kiribati

North Korea North Korean

Koreans

South Korea South Korean

Kosovo Kosovar, Kosovan Kosovars

Kuwait Kuwaiti Kuwaitis

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani, Kyrgyz, Kirgiz, Kirghiz Kyrgyzstanis, Kyrgyz, Kirgiz, Kirghiz

Laos Laotian, Lao Laotians, Laos

Latvia Latvian Latvians, Letts

Lebanon Lebanese Lebanese


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Lesotho Basotho Basotho

Liberia Liberian Liberians

Libya Libyan Libyans

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtensteiners

Lithuania Lithuanian Lithuanians

Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourgish Luxembourgers

Macau Macanese, Chinese Macanese, Chinese

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Macedonians

Madagascar Malagasy Malagasy

Malawi Malawian Malawians

Malaysia Malaysian Malaysians

Maldives Maldivian Maldivians


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Mali Malian Malians

Malta Maltese Maltese

Marshall Islands Marshallese Marshallese

Martinique Martiniquais, Martinican Martiniquais

Mauritania Mauritanian Mauritanians

Mauritius Mauritian Mauritians

Mayotte Mahoran Mahorais

Mexico Mexican Mexicans

Micronesia, Federated States of

Micronesian Micronesians

Moldova Moldovan Moldovans

Monaco Monégasque, Monacan Monégasques, Monacans

Mongolia Mongolian Mongolians, Mongols

Montenegro Montenegrin Montenegrins


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Montserrat Montserratian Montserratians

Morocco Moroccan Moroccans

Mozambique Mozambican Mozambicans

Namibia Namibian Namibians

Nauru Nauruan Nauruans

Nepal Nepalese, Nepali Nepalese, Nepali

Netherlands Dutch Dutch

New Caledonia New Caledonian New Caledonians

New Zealand New Zealand New Zealanders "Kiwis"

Nicaragua Nicaraguan Nicaraguans

Niue Niuean Niueans

Niger Nigerien Nigeriens

Nigeria Nigerian Nigerians

Norway Norwegian Norwegians


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Northern Ireland Northern Irish / British / Irish British / Irish / Northern Irish

Northern Marianas Northern Marianan Northern Marianans

Oman Omani Omanis

Pakistan Pakistani Pakistanis

Palestine Palestinian Palestinians

Palau Palauan Palauans

Panama Panamanian Panamanians

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean, Papuan Papua New Guineans, Papuans

Paraguay Paraguayan Paraguayans

Peru Peruvian Peruvians

Philippines Philippine, Filipino Filipinos, Filipinas Pinoys

Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Islanders

Poland Polish Poles


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Portugal Portuguese Portuguese

Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Puerto Ricans, Boricuas

Qatar Qatari Qataris

Republic of Ireland Irish / Southern Irish h Irish / Southern Irish h

Réunion Réunionese, Réunionnais Réunionese, Réunionnais

Romania Romanian Romanians

Russia Russian Russians

Rwanda Rwandan Rwandans, Banyarwanda

St. Helena St. Helenian St. Helenians

St. Kitts and Nevis Kittitian, Nevisian Kittitians, Nevisians

St. Lucia St. Lucian St. Lucians

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Saint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais Saint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincentian, Vincentian St. Vincentians, Vincentians

Samoa Samoan Samoans

San Marino Sammarinese Sammarinese

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Toméan São Toméans

Saudi Arabia Saudi, Saudi Arabian Saudis, Saudi Arabians

Scotland Scots, Scottish, Scotchi Scots, Scotsmen

Senegal Senegalese Senegalese

Serbia Serbian Serbians, Serbs

Seychelles Seychellois Seychellois

Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean Sierra Leoneans

Singapore Singaporean[2] [3] Singaporeans[4] [5]

Slovakia Slovak Slovaks

Slovenia Slovenian, Slovene Slovenians, Slovenes


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Solomon Islands Solomon Island Solomon Islanders

Somalia Somali; Somalian Somalis; Somalians

South Africa South African South Africans

South Ossetia South Ossetian South Ossetians

South Sudan South Sudanese South Sudanese

Spain Spanish Spaniards

Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Sri Lankans

Sudan Sudanese Sudanese

Surinam Surinamese Surinamers

Swaziland Swazi Swazis

Sweden Swedish Swedes

Switzerland Swiss Swiss

Syria Syrian Syrians

Taiwan Taiwanese Taiwanese


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Tajikistan Tajikistani Tajikistanis, Tajiks

Tanzania Tanzanian Tanzanians

Thailand Thai Thai

Togo Togolese Togolese

Tonga Tongan Tongans

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidadian, Tobagonian Trinidadians, Tobagonians "Trinis", "Trinibagonians"

Tunisia Tunisian Tunisians

Turkey Turkish Turks

Turkmenistan Turkmen Turkmens

Turks and Caicos Islands

none Turks and Caicos Islanders

Tuvalu Tuvaluan Tuvaluans

Uganda Ugandan Ugandans


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Ukraine Ukrainian Ukrainians

United Arab Emirates

Emirati, Emirian Emiratis, Emirians

United Kingdom British Britons see Other words for "British"

United States Americanj, U.S. Americansj

Uruguay Uruguayan Uruguayans

Uzbekistan Uzbekistani, Uzbek Uzbekistanis, Uzbeks

Vanuatu Ni-Vanuatu, Vanuatuan Ni-Vanuatu

Venezuela Venezuelan Venezuelans

Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnamese

Virgin Islands Virgin Island Virgin Islanders

Wales Welsh Welsh

Wallis and Futuna Wallisian, Futunan Wallisians, Futunans

Western Sahara Sahraw, Sahrawian, Sahraouian Sahrawis, Sahraouis


Demonyms

colloquial term(s)

Yemen Yemeni Yemenis

Zambia Zambian Zambians

Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Zimbabweans

a Formerly known as Upper Volta.

b Also known as Myanmar.

c Sometimes considered offensive.

d The penultimate syllable is stressed.

e The second syllable is stressed.

f Salvadorean and Salvadorian are also found, but Salvadoran is the generally preferred form.

g Rare and/or archaic.

h There is no adjective or demonym that distinguishes the Republic of Ireland from the entire island of Ireland.

When distinction from Northern Ireland is necessary, the colloquial Southern Irish orSoutherner is sometimes

used; some people in the Republic of Ireland may find this offensive, though others in Northern Ireland may find

it equally offensive in not distinguishing the Republic of Ireland from the island. As an alternative, an adjectival

phrase may be used – for instance, "a law of the Republic of Ireland" – or, as a last resort, the name "Republic

of Ireland" may be used as if it were an adjective (as in "a Republic of Ireland law").

i Scotch is only normally used for manufactured products of Scotland, most commonly food and drink - in most

other contexts it is archaic and often considered mildly derogatory. Scottish is used for everything else.

j In near-universal use, though many names for United States citizens have been proposed.

List of Adjectival and Demonymic Forms for Countries and Nations

Documents

Transcript of List of Adjectival and Demonymic Forms for Countries and Nations