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Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#4)

Dennis Oliver

The adjective forms for countries and the names for citizens of countries
are often confusing in English. This happens for two reasons. First, there
is no easy way to change a country's name to its adjective form because
several different endings are used for this purpose. Second, the words
for nationalities are often the same as the adjective forms, but not always.

Here is more information on names of countries, their adjective forms,
and the words used for their citizens.

 

Countries, Adjective Forms,
and Nationalities (#4)

 country

 adjective

nationality
Denmark Danish Dane
Djibouti Djiboutian Djiboutian
Dominica Dominican Dominican
Dominican Republic Dominican Dominican
Ecuador Ecuadorean Ecuadorean
Egypt Egyptian Egyptian
El Salvador Salvadorean Salvadorean
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinean,
Equatoguinean
Equatorial Guinean,
Equatoguinean
Eritrea Eritrean Eritrean
Estonia Estonian Estonian
Ethiopia Ethiopian Ethiopian

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Special Note:

Note that Dominican is used in referring to two entirely different
countries: 
Dominica and The Dominican Republic.

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