List of adjectival forms of place names (original) (raw)
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 (also Badian, Bajan and Bajun) | |
| Bavaria | Bavarian | |
| Belarus | Belorussian | |
| Belgium | Belgian | |
| Belize | Belizean | |
| Benin | Beninese or Beninois | |
| 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 | Castilian | |
| 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 or Croat | |
| 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 | |
| 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, South | 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 |
| Los Angeles | Angeleno | |
| 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 | |
| Netherlands | Dutch | Dutchman or Dutchwoman |
| New York | New York | New Yorker |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealander or (informally) Kiwi |
| 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 Tom� and Pr�ncipe | Sao Tomean | |
| Sardinia | Sardinian | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian | Saudi or Saudi Arabian |
| Scotland | Scottish or Scots | Scot, Scotsman or Scotswoman |
| Seattle | 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 | |
| Sydney | ? | Sydneysider |
| 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 Kingdom | British | |
| United States | American (4) | |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan | |
| Utah | Utahn | |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek | |
| Valencia | Valencian | |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatuan | |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan | |
| Venice | Venetian | |
| Venus | Venusian | |
| Vermont | Vermonter | |
| 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. Usanian, Columbard, Fredonian, United Statesian; see Alternate words for American.
See also: list of people by nationality, list of ethnic slurs