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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 (#14)
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country |
|
adjective |
|
nationality |
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| Taiwan |
|
Taiwanese |
|
Taiwanese |
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| Tajikistan |
|
Tajikistani |
|
Tajikistani |
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| Tanzania |
|
Tanzanian |
|
Tanzanian |
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| Thailand |
|
Thai* |
|
Thai* |
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| Togo |
|
Togolese |
|
Togolese |
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| Tonga |
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Tongan |
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Tongan |
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Trinidad
and
Tobago |
|
Trinidadian,
Tobagonian* |
|
Trinidadian,
Tobagonian* |
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| Tunisia |
|
Tunisian |
|
Tunisian |
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| Turkey |
|
Turkish* |
|
Turk* |
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| Turkmenistan |
|
Turkmen* |
|
Turkmen* |
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| Tuvalu |
|
Tuvaluan |
|
Tuvaluan |
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Special Notes:
| 1. |
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Notice that
the adjective and nationality forms for Thailand
are the same: Thai (adjective),
Thai (nationality). |
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| 2. |
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Because Trinidad and Tobago
is one country that
consists
of
two
separate islands, two separate adjective and nationality
forms are used:
Trinidadian (adjective
and nationality
form
for Trinidad)
and Tobagonian
(adjective
and nationality
form
for Tobago). |
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Notice that
the
adjective and nationality forms for Turkey
are different: Turkish
(adjective), Turk (nationality). |
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| 4. |
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Many countries
ending in -stan or -istan have adjective and
nationality
forms which end in -i, but for Turkmenistan,
the adjective
and nationality forms are both Turkmen. |
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