List of adjectival forms of place names





This is a list of adjectival forms of place names (demonyms).

In most cases, a person from these places is referred to with the same word.
In cases where this is not so, this form is given after the adjective.

Typically, names ending in the letter a add an n to the end to make an
adjective, while other vowels add an an. Read demonym to learn about other
ways.

                   List of adjectival forms of place names

      Place name              Adjective                   Person
 Aberdeen               Aberdonian
 Afghanistan            Afghan
 Africa                 African
 Alabama                Alabamian
 Alaska                 Alaskan
 Albania                Albanian
 Alberta                Albertan
 Aleutian Islands       Aleut
 Algeria                Algerian
 Alsace                 Alsacian
 America                American
 Andalusia              Andalusian
 Andorra                Andorran
 Angola                 Angolan
 Antarctic              Antarctic

 Argentina              Argentinian or
                        Argentine
 Aragon                 Aragonese
 Arizona                Arizonan
 Arkansas               Arkansan
 Armenia                Armenian
 Asia                   Asian
 Asturias               Asturian
 Atlantic               Atlantic
 Australia              Australian
 Austria                Austrian
 Azerbaijan             Azerbaijani

 Bahamas                Bahamian
 Bahrain                Bahraini
 Bali                   Balinese
 Baltic                 Baltic
 Bangladesh             Bangladesh                      Bangladeshi
 Barbados               Barbadian
 Bavaria                Bavarian
 Belarus                Belorussian
 Belgium                Belgian
 Belize                 Belizean
 Benin                  Beninese
 Bermuda                Bermudan
 Bhutan                 Bhutanese
 Birmingham             Brummie
 Bohemia                Bohemian
 Bolivia                Bolivian
 Bosnia and
 Herzegovina            Bosnian
 Botswana               Tswana                  Motswana (plural: Batswana)
 Brazil                 Brazilian
 Bristol                Bristolian
 Brittany               Breton
 Brunei                 Bruneian
 Bulgaria               Bulgarian
 Burkina Faso (1)       Burkina                          Burkinabe
 Burma (2)              Burmese
 Burundi                Burundian

 California             Californian
 Cambodia               Cambodian
 Cambridge              Cantabrigian
 Cameroon               Cameroonian
 Canada                 Canadian
 Cantabria              Cantabrian
 Cape Verde             Cape Verdean
 Caribbean              Caribbean
 Carinthia              Carinthian
 Carthage               Carthaginian
 Castile                Castillian
 Catalonia              Catalan, Catalonian
 Cayman Islands         Cayman Island                 Cayman Islander
 Central African
 Republic               Central African
 Chad                   Chadian
 Chicago                Chicagoan
 Chile                  Chilean

 China                  Chinese                     Chinese or (usually
                                                   pejorative) Chinaman
 Colombia               Colombian
 Congo                  Congolese
 Connecticut            Connecticut                      Nutmegger
 Cornwall               Cornish
 Corsica                Corsican
 Costa Rica             Costa Rican
 Crete                  Cretan
 Crimea                 Crimean
 Croatia                Croatian
 Cuba                   Cuban
 Cyprus                 Cypriot
 Czech Republic         Czech

 Dallas                 Dallasite
 Denmark                Danish                             Dane
 Denver                 Denverite
 Dominica               Dominican
 Dominican Republic     Dominican

 East Timor             East Timorese
 Ecuador                Ecuadorian
 Egypt                  Egyptian
 El Salvador            Salvadorian
 England                English                 Englishman or Englishwoman
 Equatorial Guinea      Equatorial Guinean
 Eritrea                Eritrean
 Estonia                Estonian
 Ethiopia               Ethiopian
 Europe                 European

 Fife                   Fife                               Fifer
 Fiji                   Fijian
 Finland                Finnish                            Finn
 Flanders               Flemish
 France                 French                   Frenchman or Frenchwoman

 Gabon                  Gabonese
 Galicia                Galician
 Gambia                 Gambian
 Georgia (3)            Georgian
 Germany                German
 Ghana                  Ghanaian
 Gibraltar              Gibraltarian
 Glasgow                Glaswegian
 Great Britain          British                           Briton
 Greece                 Greek
 Greenland              Greenlandic                     Greenlander
 Grenada                Grenadian
 Guatemala              Guatemalan
 Guiana                 Guianan
 Guinea                 Guinean
 Guinea-Bissau          Guinea-Bissauan

 Haiti                  Haitian
 Halifax                Haligonian
 Harrow                 Harrovian
 Hawaii                 Hawaiian
 Holland                Dutch                     Dutchman or Dutchwoman
 Honduras               Honduran
 Hong Kong              ?                               Hong Konger
 Hungary                Hungarian

 Iceland                Icelandic                        Icelander
 India                  Indian
 Indiana                ?                                 Hoosier
 Indonesia              Indonesian
 Iowa                   Iowan
 Iran                   Iranian
 Iraq                   Iraqi
 Ireland                Irish                     Irishman or Irishwoman
 Isle of Man            Manx
 Israel                 Israeli
 Italy                  Italian
 Ivory Coast            Ivorian

 Jamaica                Jamaican
 Japan                  Japanese
 Java                   Javanese
 Jerusalem              Jerusalemite
 Jordan                 Jordanian
 Jupiter                Jovian

 Kazakhstan             Kazakh
 Kenya                  Kenyan
 Korea                  Korean
 Korea, North           North Korean
 Korea, Sotuh           South Korean
 Kosovo                 Kosovar
 Kurdistan              Kurdish
 Kuwait                 Kuwaiti

 Lancashire             Lancastrian
 Laos                   Laotian
 Lapland                Lapp or Saami
 Latvia                 Latvian
 Lebanon                Lebanese
 Lesotho                Sotho                    Mosotho (plural: Bosotho)
 Liberia                Liberian
 Libya                  Libyan
 Liechtenstein          Liechtenstein                 Liechtensteiner
 Lithuania              Lithuanian
 Liverpool              Liverpudlian              Liverpudlian or Scouser
 London                 London                           Londoner
 Luxemburg              Luxemburg                       Luxemburger

 Macedonia              Macedonian
 Madagascar             Malagasy
 Madrid                 Madrilene
 Malawi                 Malawian
 Malaysia               Malaysian
 Maldives               Maldivian
 Mali                   Malian
 Malta                  Maltese
 Manchester             Mancunian
 Mars                   Martian
 Marshall Islands       Marshall Islander
 Martinique             Martinican
 Mauritania             Mauritanian
 Mauritius              Mauritian
 Mediterranean          Mediterranean
 Melanesia              Melanesian
 Mexico                 Mexican
 Micronesia             Micronesian
 Minnesota              Minnesotan
 Moldova                Moldovian
 Monaco                 Monegasque or Monacan
 Mongolia               Mongolian                   Mongolian or Mongol
 Montenegro             Montenegrin
 Montserrat             Montserratian
 Morocco                Moroccan
 Mozambique             Mozambican
 Murcia                 Murcian

 Namibia                Namibian
 Naples                 Neapolitan
 Nauru                  Naurian
 Navarre                Navarrese
 Nebraska               Nebraskan
 Nepal                  Nepalese
 New York               New York                        New Yorker
 New Zealand            New Zealand or Maori           New Zealander
 Newcastle              Novocastrian              Novocastrian or Geordie
 Nicaragua              Nicaraguan
 Niger                  Nigerien
 Nigeria                Nigerian
 Normandy               Norman
 Northumberland         Northumbrian
 Norway                 Norwegian
 Nova Scotia            Nova Scotian
 Nubia                  Nubian

 Okinawa                Okinawan
 Oklahoma               Oklahoman
 Oman                   Omani
 Oregon                 Oregonian
 Orkney Islands         Orcadian
 Oxford                 Oxonian

 Pacific                Pacific
 Pakistan               Pakistani
 Palestine              Palestinian
 Panama                 Panamanian
 Papua New Guinea       Papuan
 Paraguay               Paraguayan
 Paris                  Parisian
 Pennsylvania           Pennsylvanian
 Persia                 Persian
 Peru                   Peruvian
 Philippines            Philippine                 Filipino or Filipina
 Poland                 Polish                             Pole
 Polynesia              Polynesian
 Portugal               Portuguese
 Puerto Rico            Puerto Rican

 Qatar                  Qatari
 Quebec                 Quebecois                        Quebecer

 Romania                Romanian
 Rome                   Roman
 Russia                 Russian
 Rwanda                 Rwandan

 Saint Kitts and Nevis  Kittitian or Nevisian
 Saint Lucia            Saint Lucian
 Samoa                  Samoan
 San Marino             Sanmarinese
 S‹o TomŽ and Pr'ncipe  Sao Tomean
 Sardinia               Sardinian
 Saudi Arabia           Saudi Arabian             Saudi or Saudi Arabian

 Scotland               Scottish or Scots            Scot, Scotsman or
                                                        Scotswoman
 Seattle                Seattleite
 Senegal                Senegalese
 Serbia                 Serbian or Serb               Serb or Serbian
 Seychelles             Seychellos
 Siberia                Siberian
 Sicily                 Sicilian
 Sierra Leone           Sierra Leonean
 Singapore              Singaporean
 Slovakia               Slovak
 Slovenia               Slovene                          Slovenian
 Solomon Islands        Solomon Islander
 Somalia                Somali
 South Africa           South African
 Spain                  Spanish                          Spaniard
 Sri Lanka              Sri Lankan
 Sudan                  Sudanese
 Surinam                Surinamese                       Surinamer
 Swaziland              Swazi
 Sweden                 Swedish                            Swede
 Switzerland            Swiss
 Syria                  Syrian

 Tahiti                 Tahitian
 Taiwan                 Taiwanese
 Tajikistan             Tajik
 Tanzania               Tanzanian
 Tasmania               Tasmanian
 Texas                  Texan
 Thailand               Thai
 Tibet                  Tibetan
 Togo                   Togolese
 Tonga                  Tongan
 Trinidad and Tobago    Trinidadian
 Tunisia                Tunisian
 Turkey                 Turkish                            Turk
 Turkmenistan           Turkmen
 Tuscany                Tuscan

 Uganda                 Ugandan
 Ukraine                Ukrainian
 United Arab Emirates   Emiratis
 United States          American (4)
 Uruguay                Uruguayan
 Uzbekistan             Uzbek

 Valencia               Valencian
 Vanuatu                Vanuatuan
 Venezuela              Venezuelan
 Venice                 Venetian
 Venus                  Venusian
 Vienna                 Viennese
 Vietnam                Vietnamese
 Virginia               Virginian

 Wales                  Welsh                     Welshman or Welshwoman
 Washington             Washingtonian

 Yemen                  Yemeni
 Yorkshire              Yorkshire                      Yorkshireman
 Yugoslavia             Yugoslavian                      Yugoslav

 Zaire                  Zairean
 Zambia                 Zambian
 Zimbabwe               Zimbabwean

Notes:

   * 1: The former name of Burkina Faso was Upper Volta.
   * 2: The new name of Burma is Myanmar.
   * 3: Both the country and the US state use Georgian as an adjective
   * 4: The only adjective in widespread use is American, though many
     substitute words have been proposed, e.g. USian, see Alternate words
     for American.