List of adjectivals and demonyms for former regions
The following is a list of adjectival forms of former regions in
Note:
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 | |
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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 | |
a Burma 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 several Soviet Republics . |
See also
- Demonym
- List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for astronomical bodies
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for continental regions
- List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for Australia
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for Canada
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for India
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for Malaysia
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for Mexico
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for New Zealand
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for the Philippines
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for the United States
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for former regions
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for Greco-Roman antiquity
- List of adjectivals and demonyms for fictional regions
- List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names