Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#12)

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 (#12)

country		adjective		nationality
Qatar		Qatari		Qatari
Romania		Romanian		Romanian
Russia		Russian		Russian
Rwanda		Rwandan		Rwandan
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Kittian*, Nevisian*		Kittian*, Nevisian*
Saint Lucia		Saint Lucian		Saint Lucian
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Saint Vincentian, Vincentian*		Saint Vincentian, Vincentian*
Samoa		Samoan		Samoan
San Marino		Sanmarinese		Sanmarinese
São Tome and Príncipe		São Tomean		São Tomean
Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabian, Saudi*		Saudi
Senegal		Senegalese		Senegalese
Serbia and Montenegro		Serbian, Montenegrin*		Serbian, Montenegrin*
Seychelles		Seychelles		Seychellois*

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Special Notes:

1.		For Saint Kitts and Nevis, notice that there are separate adjective and nationality forms: Kittian and Nevisian.
2.		For Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, notice that there are two different adjective and nationality forms: Saint Vincentian and Vincentian.
3.		For Saudi Arabia, notice that both Saudi Arabian and  Saudi are used as adjective forms, but only Saudi is used as the nationality form.
4.		Because Serbia and Montenegro were once separate countries, there are separate adjectives and nationality forms: Serbian and Montenegrin.
5.		Notice the nationality form for Seychelles: Seychellois.