List of adjectivals and demonyms for former regions information
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The following is a list of adjectival forms of former regions in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these former regions.
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 -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).
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)
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 cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)
Name
Adjective
Demonym
colloquial
Abyssinia
Abyssinian
Abyssinians
Acadia
Acadian
Acadians
Akkadia
Akkadian
Akkadians
Aksum, Axum
Aksumite, Axumite
Aksumites, Axumites
Austria-Hungary
Austro-Hungarian
Austro-Hungarians, Austrians, Hungarians
Babylonia
Babylonian
Babylonians
Bessarabia
Bessarabian
Bessarabians
Biafra
Biafran
Biafrans
Burma
Burmese
Burmesea
Byzantium
Byzantine
Byzantines
Ceylon
Ceylonese
Ceylonese
Confederate States of America
Confederate, CSA
Confederates
"Rebels", "Rebs"
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak, Czechb (Czechoslovakian is incorrect, though frequent)
Czechoslovaks, Czechs, Slovaks
Dahomey
Dahomeyan
Dahomeyans
Dalmatia
Dalmatian
Dalmatians
Eastern Nigeria
Easterner
Easterners
Elam
Elamite, Elamitic, Elamitish
Elamites
Etruria
Etrurian, Etruscan
Etruscans
Hunnic Empire
Hunnic, Hunnish
Huns
Kampuchea
Kampuchean
Kampucheans
Katanga
Katangese
Katangese
Livonia
Livonian
Livonians, Livs
Manchuria
Manchurian
Manchurians
Malaya
Malay, Malayan
Malays, Malayans
Moldavia
Moldavian
Moldavians
Muscovy, Moscovia
Muscovite, Moscovian
Muscovites
Papal States
Papal
Papalini
Parthia
Parthian
Parthians
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Pomeranians
Prussia
Prussian
Prussians
Rhodesia
Rhodesian
Rhodesians
Ruthenia
Ruthenian, Ruthene
Ruthenians, Ruthenes, East Slavs
Rome
Roman
Romans
Siam
Siamese
Siamese
Sonargaon
Sonargaiya
Sonargaiyas
Sudetenland
Sudetes
Sudetenlanders
Sumer
Sumerian
Sumerians
Soviet Union
Soviet, Russianc
Soviets, Russiansc
Swabia
Swabian
Swabians
Tartary, Tartaria
Tartar, Tartarian
Tatars, Tartars
Taurida, Tavria
Tauridian
Transylvania
Transylvanian
Transylvanians
Two Sicilies
Duosicilian
Regnicoli
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemonian
Vandemonian
Wallachia
Wallachian
Wallachians
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav
Yugoslavs
"Yugos" (Derogatory, Cold War Vintage)
Zaire
Zairean
Zaireans
Zululand
Zulu
Zulu, Zulus
aBurma is also known as Myanmar. b"Czech" is technically incorrect here, as it is also used to distinguish Czech people from Slovaks or other ethnic groups. c"Russian" is technically incorrect here, as the Russian SFSR was one of fifteen Soviet Republics.
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