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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]]
+==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).
+{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
+*[[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
+}}
 == References ==