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2005/7/11-12 [Politics/Domestic/California, Computer/Companies/Google] UID:38520 Activity:low
7/11    only tangentially related to the below: Does anyone know what
        the term is for "the name given to people/things from a place"?
        For ex, peopl from Los Angeles are Los Angelinos, people from
        New York are New Yorkers, people from Glasgow are Glaswegian,
        etc. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to how these names
        are derived and I've been curious to find a list of tons for all
        kinds of strange place names but no idea how to google. thanks
          \_ "demonyms"!! fantastic! thanks. this has bothered me for years.
        \_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_forms_of_place_names - danh
        \_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_forms_of_place_names
           - danh
          \_ "demonyms"!! fantastic! thanks. this has bothered me for years.
             \- What about people from Niger?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_forms_of_place_names
adding 'e' (-oise / aise) ma kes them singular feminine; Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (eg the Engli sh, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (eg the French, th e Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (eg the adject ive Czech does not qualify). edit US states American convention states that the -an form is reserved for the demonym, not the adjective. The state name is used attributively as the adjectiv e: Texas cattle, California raisins, Virginia tobacco. Northern Ireland is required, the colloquial Southern Irish, Southerner are often used. Many in the Republic of Ireland dislike this, especially when used by non-Irish people. Alternatively one may use the name of the state attributively (eg a Republic of Ireland law), or resort to an adjectival phrase (eg a law of the Republic of Ireland).