What is a demonym?
A demonym is name given to people of a place for each of the countries of the world. For example, “Italians” are people of or from Italy. The table bdlow gives the demonym for each of the countries of the world.
| A | |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Afghan |
| Albania | Albanian |
| Algeria | Algerian |
| Andorra | Andorran |
| Angola | Angolan |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antiguans, Barbudans |
| Argentina | Argentine or Argentinean |
| Armenia | Armenian |
| Australia | Australian or Ozzie or Aussie |
| Austria | Austrian |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani |
| B | |
| The Bahamas | Bahamian |
| Bahrain | Bahraini |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi |
| Barbados | Barbadian or Bajuns |
| Belarus | Belarusian |
| Belgium | Belgian |
| Belize | Belizean |
| Benin | Beninese |
| Bhutan | Bhutanese |
| Bolivia | Bolivian |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian, Herzegovinian |
| Botswana | Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) |
| Brazil | Brazilian |
| Brunei | Bruneian |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian |
| Burkina Faso | Burkinabe |
| Burundi | Burundian |
| C | |
| Cabo Verde | Cabo Verdean |
| Cambodia | Cambodian |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian |
| Canada | Canadian |
| Central African Republic | Central African |
| Chad | Chadian |
| Chile | Chilean |
| China | Chinese |
| Colombia | Colombian |
| Comoros | Comoran |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Ivorian |
| Croatia | Croat or Croatian |
| Cuba | Cuban |
| Cyprus | Cypriot |
| Czechia | Czech |
| D-F | |
| Demcocratic Republic of the Congo | Congolese |
| Denmark | Dane or Danish |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Dominican |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorean |
| Egypt | Egyptian |
| El Salvador | Salvadoran |
| Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean |
| Eritrea | Eritrean |
| Estonia | Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian |
| Fiji | Fijian |
| Finland | Finn or Finnish |
| France | French or Frenchman/Frenchwoman |
| G | |
| Gabon | Gabonese |
| The Gambia | Gambian |
| Georgia | Georgian |
| Germany | German |
| Ghana | Ghanaian |
| Greece | Greek |
| Grenada | Grenadian or Grenadan |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan |
| Guinea | Guinean |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissauan |
| Guyana | Guyanese |
| H-K | |
| Haiti | Haitian |
| Honduras | Honduran |
| Hungary | Hungarian |
| Iceland | Icelander |
| India | Indian |
| Indonesia | Indonesian |
| Iran | Iranian |
| Iraq | Iraqi |
| Ireland | Irishman/Irishwoman or Irish |
| Israel | Israeli |
| Italy | Italian |
| Jamaica | Jamaican |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Jordan | Jordanian |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstani |
| Kenya | Kenyan |
| Kiribati | I-Kiribati |
| Kosovo | Kosovar |
| Kuwait | Kuwaiti |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz or Kirghiz |
| L-M | |
| Laos | Lao or Laotian |
| Latvia | Latvian |
| Lebanon | Lebanese |
| Lesotho | Mosotho (plural Basotho) |
| Liberia | Liberian |
| Libya | Libyan |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtensteiner |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourger |
| Macedonia | Macedonian |
| Madagascar | Malagasy |
| Malawi | Malawian |
| Malaysia | Malaysian |
| Maldives | Maldivan |
| Mali | Malian |
| Malta | Maltese |
| Marshall Islands | Marshallese |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian |
| Mauritius | Mauritian |
| Mexico | Mexican |
| Micronesia | Micronesian |
| Moldova | Moldovan |
| Monaco | Monegasque or Monacan |
| Mongolia | Mongolian |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin |
| Morocco | Moroccan |
| Mozambique | Mozambican |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Burmese or Myanmarese |
| N-R | |
| Namibia | Namibian |
| Nauru | Nauruan |
| Nepal | Nepalese |
| Netherlands | Dutch, Dutchmen/Dutchwomen, Netherlanders |
| New Zealand | New Zealander or Kiwi |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan |
| Niger | Nigerien |
| Nigeria | Nigerian |
| North Korea | North Korean |
| Norway | Norwegian |
| Oman | Omani |
| Pakistan | Pakistani |
| Palau | Palauan |
| Palestine | Palestinian |
| Panama | Panamanian |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan |
| Peru | Peruvian |
| Philippines | Filipino |
| Poland | Pole or Polish |
| Portugal | Portuguese |
| Qatar | Qatari |
| Republic of the Congo | Congolese |
| Romania | Romanian |
| Russia | Russian |
| Rwanda | Rwandan |
| S | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Kittian and Nevisian |
| Saint Lucia | Saint Lucian |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | Saint Vincentians, Vincentians |
| Samoa | Samoan |
| San Marino | Sammarinese or San Marinese |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tomean |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi or Saudi Arabian |
| Senegal | Senegalese |
| Serbia | Serbian |
| Seychelles | Seychellois |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean |
| Singapore | Singaporean |
| Slovakia | Slovak or Slovakian |
| Slovenia | Slovene or Slovenian |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islander |
| Somalia | Somali |
| South Africa | South African |
| South Korea | South Korean |
| South Sudan | South Sudanese |
| Spain | Spaniard or Spanish |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan |
| Sudan | Sudanese |
| Suriname | Surinamer |
| Swaziland | Swazi |
| Sweden | Swede or Swedish |
| Switzerland | Swiss |
| Syria | Syrian |
| T-Z | |
| Taiwan | Taiwanese |
| Tajikistan | Tajik or Tadzhik |
| Tanzania | Tanzanian |
| Thailand | Thai |
| Timor-Leste | Timorese |
| Togo | Togolese |
| Tonga | Tongan |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian or Tobagonian |
| Tunisia | Tunisian |
| Turkey | Turk or Turkish |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen |
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan |
| Uganda | Ugandan |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian |
| United Arab Emirates | Emirian or Emiri |
| United Kingdom | Briton or British* |
| United States | American |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek or Uzbekistani |
| Vanuatu | Ni-Vanuatu |
| Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican citizens |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese |
| Yemen | Yemeni or Yemenite |
| Zambia | Zambian |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean |
Note: The demonyms above are in the singular form. In most cases, plural forms add an s or, in the case of -ese endings, they are the same as the plural forms
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