Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#10)

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 (#10)

country		adjective		nationality
Namibia		Namibian		Namibian
Nauru		Nauruan		Nauruan
Nepal		Nepalese		Nepalese
Netherlands		Dutch		Dutchman (men), Dutchwoman (women)
New Zealand		New Zealand		New Zealander
Nicaragua		Nicaraguan		Nicaraguan
Niger*		Nigerien*		Nigerien*
Nigeria*		Nigerian*		Nigerian*
Norway		Norwegian		Norwegian

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Special Note:

Note that two African countries, above, have very similar names:
Niger and Nigeria. In addition, note that the adjective and nationality
forms for these countries are also very similar (Nigerien for Niger
and Nigerian for Nigeria).