Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#11)

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 (#11)

country		adjective		nationality
Oman		Omani		Omani
Pakistan		Pakistani		Pakistani
Palau		Palauan		Palauan
Panama		Panamanian		Panamanian
Papua New Guinea		Papua New Guinean		Papua New Guinean
Paraguay		Paraguayan		Paraguayan
Peru		Peruvian*		Peruvian*
Philippines		Philippine		Filipino*
Poland		Polish		Pole*
Portugal		Portuguese		Portuguese

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Special Notes:

1.		Notice the v in the adjective form and the nationality form for Peru.
2.		Some people say The Philippines instead of Philippines.  Also, some people use two different nationality forms for this country: Filipino (M) and Filipina (F). The plural form is Filipinos.
3.		Notice that the adjective form for Poland is Polish, but  the nationality form is Pole. (Polish is also the language.)