Demonym - Revision history

Asiaarts: fixed citations after review also and improved wording for consistency

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fixed citations after review also and improved wording for consistency

Dhaneesh Ram: /* Notes */→ notes

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Notes: → notes

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	In a few cases, where a linguistic background has been [[Constructed language\|constructed]], non-standard gentilics are formed (or the eponyms back-formed). Examples include Tolkien's ''[[Rohirrim]]'' (from [[Rohan (Middle-earth)\|Rohan]]) and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise's ''[[Klingon]]s'' (with various names for their homeworld).		In a few cases, where a linguistic background has been [[Constructed language\|constructed]], non-standard gentilics are formed (or the eponyms back-formed). Examples include Tolkien's ''[[Rohirrim]]'' (from [[Rohan (Middle-earth)\|Rohan]]) and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise's ''[[Klingon]]s'' (with various names for their homeworld).

	==~~See also~~==		==Notes==
	{{~~portal\|Geography~~}}		{{notelist}}
	*[[List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names]]		{\| style="margin-left:28px; line-height:150%; font-size:100%;"
	**[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for astronomical bodies]]		\|align="right" valign="top"\|a.
	**[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for continental regions]]		\|{{note\|status}}{{Kosovo-note}}
	***[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental 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 Cuba]]
	***[[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 former regions]]
	***[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for Greco-~~Roman antiquity]]~~
	**[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for fictional regions]]
	*[[List of regional nicknames]]
	*[[Macedonia naming dispute]]
	*[[Nationality]]
	* [[-onym]], especially [[ethnonym]] and [[Exonym and endonym]]

	== References ==		== References ==

Dhaneesh Ram: /* Fiction */→ see also

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Fiction: → see also

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	In a few cases, where a linguistic background has been [[Constructed language\|constructed]], non-standard gentilics are formed (or the eponyms back-formed). Examples include Tolkien's ''[[Rohirrim]]'' (from [[Rohan (Middle-earth)\|Rohan]]) and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise's ''[[Klingon]]s'' (with various names for their homeworld).		In a few cases, where a linguistic background has been [[Constructed language\|constructed]], non-standard gentilics are formed (or the eponyms back-formed). Examples include Tolkien's ''[[Rohirrim]]'' (from [[Rohan (Middle-earth)\|Rohan]]) and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise's ''[[Klingon]]s'' (with various names for their homeworld).

			==See also==
			{{portal\|Geography}}
			*[[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 adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental 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 Cuba]]
			***[[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 former regions]]
			***[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for Greco-Roman antiquity]]
			**[[List of adjectivals and demonyms for fictional regions]]
			*[[List of regional nicknames]]
			*[[Macedonia naming dispute]]
			*[[Nationality]]
			* [[-onym]], especially [[ethnonym]] and [[Exonym and endonym]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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Demonyms and ethnonyms: → fiction

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	}}		}}

			==Fiction==
			Literature and science fiction have created a wealth of gentilics that are not directly associated with a cultural group. These will typically be formed using the standard models above. Examples include ''[[Martian]]'' for hypothetical people of [[Mars]] (credited to scientist [[Percival Lowell]]), ''Gondorian'' for the people of [[Tolkien]]'s fictional land of [[Gondor]], and ''Atlantean'' for [[Plato]]'s island [[Atlantis]].

			Other science fiction examples include ''[[Jovian (fiction)\|Jovian]]'' for those of [[Jupiter]] or its moons and ''[[Venusians\|Venusian]]'' for those of [[Venus]]. Fictional aliens refer to the inhabitants of Earth as ''[[Earthling (science fiction)\|Earthling]]'' (from the [[diminutive]] ''-ling'', ultimately from [[Old English]] ''-ing'' meaning "descendant"), as well as ''[[wikt:Terran\|Terran]]'', ''Terrene'', ''Tellurian'', ''Earther'', ''Earthican'', ''Terrestrial'', and ''Solarian'' (from ''Sol'', the sun).

			Fantasy literature which involves other worlds or other lands also has a rich supply of gentilics. Examples include ''Lilliputians'' and ''Brobdingnagians'', from the islands of [[Lilliput and Blefuscu\|Lilliput]] and [[Brobdingnag]] in the satire ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''.

			In a few cases, where a linguistic background has been [[Constructed language\|constructed]], non-standard gentilics are formed (or the eponyms back-formed). Examples include Tolkien's ''[[Rohirrim]]'' (from [[Rohan (Middle-earth)\|Rohan]]) and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise's ''[[Klingon]]s'' (with various names for their homeworld).

	== References ==		== References ==

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 *[[Tasmania]] → Taswegian<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2013/05/slang-what-aussies-call-other-aussies|title=Slang: What Aussies call other Aussies|work=Australian Geographic|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en}}</ref>
 *[[Wisconsin]] → [[Cheesehead]]
 == References ==

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 *[[Burundi]] → Umurundi (singular), Abarundi (plural)
 *[[Lesotho]] → Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
 == References ==

Dhaneesh Ram at 10:12, 14 February 2022

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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			[[Category:Demonyms\| ]]
			[[Category:Semantics]]
			[[Category:Types of words]]

Dhaneesh Ram at 10:10, 14 February 2022

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	*[[Ruskin, Florida]] → Ruskinites		*[[Ruskin, Florida]] → Ruskinites
	*[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] → Saint Paulites		*[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] → Saint Paulites
			*[[Salem]] → Salemites
	*[[Seattle]] → Seattleites		*[[Seattle]] → Seattleites
	*[[Seoul]] → Seoulites		*[[Seoul]] → Seoulites

Dhaneesh Ram at 10:08, 14 February 2022

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	*[[Venice]] → Venetians		*[[Venice]] → Venetians
	*[[Wolverhampton]] → Wulfrunians		*[[Wolverhampton]] → Wulfrunians

			==Prefixation==
			It is much rarer to find Demonyms created with a prefix. Mostly they are from Africa and the Pacific, and are not generally known or used outside the country concerned. In much of East Africa, a person of a particular ethnic group will be denoted by a prefix. For example, a person of the [[Luba people]] would be a Muluba, the plural form Baluba, and the language, [[Kiluba]] or [[Tshiluba]]. Similar patterns with minor variations in the prefixes exist throughout on a tribal level. And Fijians who are indigenous Fijians are known as Kaiviti (Viti being the Fijian name for [[Fiji]]). On a country level:
			*[[Botswana]] → Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
			*[[Burundi]] → Umurundi (singular), Abarundi (plural)
			*[[Lesotho]] → Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

Dhaneesh Ram at 10:02, 14 February 2022

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	*[[Rome]] → Romans		*[[Rome]] → Romans
	*[[Sacramento]] → Sacramentans		*[[Sacramento]] → Sacramentans
			*[[Salem]] → Salemians
	*[[San Antonio]] → San Antonians		*[[San Antonio]] → San Antonians
	*[[San Diego]] → San Diegans		*[[San Diego]] → San Diegans