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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 (#15)
|
country |
|
adjective |
|
nationality |
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| Uganda |
|
Ugandan |
|
Ugandan |
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| Ukraine |
|
Ukrainian |
|
Ukrainian |
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| United
Arab Emirates |
|
Emirian,
Emirati* |
|
Emirian,
Emirati* |
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| United
Kingdom |
|
British* |
|
British* |
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United
States
of
America |
|
American* |
|
American* |
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| Uruguay |
|
Uruguayan |
|
Uruguayan |
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| Uzbekistan |
|
Uzbekistani |
|
Uzbekistani |
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Special Notes:
| 1. |
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For the
United Arab
Emirates,
two
different adjectives
and
nationality forms are used: Emirian and
Emirati.
Both of these
are used as adjectives and nationality forms.
Emirati is
more common. |
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| 2. |
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The United Kingdom
is one country that consists of
a
union of other countries and territories. The other
countries
(for
example, England, Scotland, Wales,
Northern
Ireland)
and territories
(for example, the Bahamas and the British West
Indies)
have their own
adjectives and nationality forms, but
British
refers generally to all
parts of the United Kingdom. |
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American can refer
to any country or nationality which is
located
in North, Central, or
South America, but there are
no special adjectives or nationality forms
for the U.S., so
American is
used. |
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