| |
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 |
___________________________________________________
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.) |
|
