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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 (#9)
|
country |
|
adjective |
|
nationality |
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Macedonia,
The Former
Yugoslav Republic of |
|
Macedonian |
|
Macedonian |
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| Madagascar |
|
Malagasy* |
|
Malagasy* |
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| Malawi |
|
Malawian |
|
Malawian |
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| Malaysia |
|
Malaysian |
|
Malaysian |
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| Maldives |
|
Maldivian |
|
Maldivian |
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| Mali |
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Malian |
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Malian |
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| Malta |
|
Maltese |
|
Maltese |
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| Marshall
Islands |
|
Marshallese |
|
Marshallese |
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| Mauritania |
|
Mauritanian |
|
Mauritanian |
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| Mauritius |
|
Mauritian |
|
Mauritian |
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| Mexico |
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Mexican |
|
Mexican |
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Micronesia,
Federated
States of |
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Micronesian |
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Micronesian,
Kosrae,
Pohnpeian,
Trukese, Yapese* |
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| Moldova |
|
Moldovan |
|
Moldovan |
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| Monaco |
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Monegasque,
Monacan* |
|
Monegasque,
Monacan* |
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| Mongolia |
|
Mongolian |
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Mongolian |
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| Mozambique |
|
Mozambican |
|
Mozambican |
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| Myanmar |
|
Burmese* |
|
Burmese* |
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Special Notes:
| 1. |
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Note
that the adjective and nationality forms used for
Madagascar
are unusual: Malagasy
is used for
both. |
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| 2. |
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Because
The Federated
States of Micronesia
consists of a group of islands,
the adjective form is
Micronesian. Micronesian
can also be used
as
a general nationality form, but
forms related to
the
names of
individual islands are also used: Kosrae,
Pohnpeian, Trukese, Yapese. |
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| 3. |
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Both Monegasque and
Monacan are used for
the adjective and
nationality forms for Monaco,
but Monegasque is much more common. |
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| 4. |
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Myanmar
was known as
Burma
until
1989.
The
new name is commonly used for the country,
but
the old adjective and nationality forms
(Burmese)
are still used. |
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