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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 (#6)
|
country |
|
adjective |
|
nationality |
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| Haiti |
|
Haitian |
|
Haitian |
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| Honduras |
|
Honduran |
|
Honduran |
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| Hungary |
|
Hungarian |
|
Hungarian |
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| Iceland |
|
Icelandic |
|
Icelander |
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| India |
|
Indian |
|
Indian* |
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| Indonesia |
|
Indonesian |
|
Indonesian |
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| Iran |
|
Iranian |
|
Iranian* |
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| Iraq |
|
Iraqi |
|
Iraqi |
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| Ireland |
|
Irish |
|
Irishman* (men),
Irishwoman*
(women) |
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| Israel |
|
Israeli |
|
Israeli |
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| Italy |
|
Italian |
|
Italian |
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Special Notes:
| 1. |
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In
the U.S., East Indian
is sometimes
used as a nationality
form
for
India (because the native peoples of North and
South America are sometimes called Indians). |
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| 2. |
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Note that
Persian is sometimes used instead of Iranian
for both the adjective and nationality forms for
Iran. |
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| 3. |
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The
nationality forms for Ireland also include the
Irish
as
a collective
plural (meaning "all the Irish people"). |
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