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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> | *[[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]] | *[[Wisconsin]] → [[Cheesehead]] | ||
==Demonyms and ethnonyms== | |||
{{main|Ethnonyms}} | |||
Since names of places, regions and countries ([[toponyms]]) are [[morphology (linguistics)|morphologically]] often related to names of ethnic groups ([[ethnonyms]]), various ethnonyms may have similar, but not always identical, forms as terms for general population of those places, regions or countries (demonyms). | |||
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*[[Abkhazia]] → Abkhazians, Abkhaz | |||
*[[Afghanistan]] → Afghans | |||
*[[Albania]] → Albanians | |||
*[[Arab League]] → Arabs | |||
*[[Azerbaijan]] → Azerbaijanis, Azeris | |||
*[[Bengal]] → Bengali (also "''Bengalese''") | |||
*[[Bulgaria]] → Bulgarians | |||
*[[Chechnya]] → Chechens | |||
*[[China]] → Chinese | |||
*[[Croatia]] → Croats | |||
*[[Czech Republic]] → Czechs | |||
*[[Denmark]] → Danes | |||
*[[Egypt]] → Egyptians | |||
*[[England]] → English | |||
*[[Eswatini|Eswatini (Swaziland)]] → Swazis, Swatis | |||
*[[Finland]] → [[Finns|Finn]] | |||
*[[Flanders]] → Flemings | |||
*[[France]] → French | |||
*[[Hayastan]] → Hayastani (also "''Armenians''") | |||
*[[Hungary]] → Hungarians, Magyars | |||
*[[Indonesia]] → Indonesians | |||
*[[Ingushetia]] → Ingushians | |||
*[[Iran]] → Iranians, Persians | |||
*[[Ireland]] → Irish | |||
*[[Israel]] → Israeli | |||
*[[Jersey]] → Jerseymen, Jerseywomen | |||
*[[Kalmykia]] → Kalmyks | |||
*[[Kazakhstan]] → Kazakhs | |||
*[[KwaZulu]] → Zulus | |||
*[[Kurdistan]] → Kurds | |||
*[[Kumaon division| Kumaon]] → Kumaonis, Kumaiye | |||
*[[Kyrgyzstan]] → Kyrgyzs | |||
*[[Sápmi|Lapland]] → Lapps | |||
*[[Madagascar]] → Malagasys | |||
*[[Malta]] → Maltese | |||
*[[Mongolia]] → Mongols | |||
*[[Montenegro]] → Montenegrins | |||
*[[Morocco]] → Moroccans | |||
*[[Netherlands]] → Dutch | |||
*[[New Zealand]] → Kiwis | |||
*[[Odisha]] → Odias | |||
*[[Philippines]] → Filipinos | |||
*[[Poland]] → Poles | |||
*[[Scotland]] → Scots | |||
*[[Serbia]] → Serbs | |||
*[[Sorbia (region)|Sorbia]] → Sorbs | |||
*[[Slovakia]] → Slovaks | |||
*[[Slovenia]] → Slovenes | |||
*[[Somalia]] → Somalis | |||
*[[Spain]] → Spanish | |||
*[[Sweden]] → Swedes | |||
*[[Tajikistan]] → Tajiks | |||
*[[Tamil Nadu]] → Tamils | |||
*[[Tatarstan]] →Tatars | |||
*[[Thailand]] → Thais | |||
*[[Turkey]] → Turkish | |||
*[[Turkmenistan]] → Turkmens | |||
*[[Ulster]] → Ulstermen | |||
*[[United States of America]] → Americans | |||
*[[Uzbekistan]] → Uzbeks | |||
*[[Wales]] → Welsh people | |||
}} | |||
==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). | |||
==Notes== | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||