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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 (#12)
|
country |
|
adjective |
|
nationality |
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| Qatar |
|
Qatari |
|
Qatari |
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| Romania |
|
Romanian |
|
Romanian |
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| Russia |
|
Russian |
|
Russian |
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| Rwanda |
|
Rwandan |
|
Rwandan |
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Saint
Kitts and Nevis |
|
Kittian*, Nevisian* |
|
Kittian*, Nevisian* |
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| Saint
Lucia |
|
Saint
Lucian |
|
Saint
Lucian |
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Saint
Vincent
and the Grenadines |
|
Saint
Vincentian, Vincentian* |
|
Saint
Vincentian, Vincentian* |
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| Samoa |
|
Samoan |
|
Samoan |
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| San
Marino |
|
Sanmarinese |
|
Sanmarinese |
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São
Tome and
Príncipe |
|
São
Tomean |
|
São
Tomean |
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| Saudi
Arabia |
|
Saudi
Arabian, Saudi* |
|
Saudi |
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| Senegal |
|
Senegalese |
|
Senegalese |
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Serbia
and Montenegro |
|
Serbian, Montenegrin* |
|
Serbian, Montenegrin* |
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| Seychelles |
|
Seychelles |
|
Seychellois* |
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Special Notes:
| 1. |
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For
Saint Kitts and
Nevis,
notice that there are separate adjective and nationality forms:
Kittian
and
Nevisian. |
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| 2. |
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For Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines,
notice that there
are two different adjective and nationality forms: Saint
Vincentian and
Vincentian. |
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| 3. |
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For
Saudi
Arabia,
notice that both Saudi
Arabian and Saudi
are used as adjective forms,
but only Saudi
is
used as the
nationality form. |
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| 4. |
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Because Serbia
and Montenegro
were once
separate countries,
there are separate adjectives and
nationality forms: Serbian and Montenegrin. |
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| 5. |
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Notice the
nationality form for Seychelles: Seychellois. |
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