A list of 114 words by bilby.
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- Burkinabewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- dijonnaisewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
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- turkomanwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- salopianwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
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- ljubljanchanwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- chalmationwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- scouserwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- angelenowas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- baghdadiwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
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- bluenosewas added by bilby and appears on 24 lists
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- equatoguineanwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- cairenewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
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- montenegrinwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
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- muscovitewas added by bilby and appears on 13 lists
- hamburgerwas added by bilby and appears on 31 lists
- provencalwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
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- centralianwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- utahnwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
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- michiganderwas added by bilby and appears on 10 lists
- sandgroperwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
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- leopolitanwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- norsewas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
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- aztecwas added by bilby and appears on 10 lists
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- grecianwas added by bilby and appears on 9 lists
- terranwas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- us americanwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
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misterpolly commented on the list demonyms
Sandgrown'un (one who grew up in Lytham (Lancashire) on the coast.
December 25, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
Oh dear, that's extraordinary! I suppose I was looking for pseudo-official ones but that's the beauty of this site as other angles are suggested to you.
December 25, 2007
adoarns commented on the list demonyms
The semi-official term for a resident from Michigan (USA) is michigander.
December 25, 2007
sionnach commented on the list demonyms
See also this list: denizens
December 25, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
Both useful comments, thanks! :-)
December 25, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
I'm wondering what I should call a person hailing from from Los Angeles. There must be some middle ground between Loser and Angel.
December 25, 2007
john commented on the list demonyms
How about Baghdadi and Angeleno?
December 26, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
Great John :-)
December 26, 2007
colleen commented on the list demonyms
in New Orleans, folks from St. Bernard parish, specifically Chalmette, are called chalmations.
December 27, 2007
rolig commented on the list demonyms
The jury's still out when it comes to a demonym for Ljubljana residents. If you go by the old German name of the city, then we are Laibachers, but that is very retro, to say the least. My suggestion (which has been adopted to some degree on one Slovene journalist's English-language blog) is Ljubljanchan, which is close to the Slovene word for a male Ljubljana resident, Ljubljan�?an (a female is a Ljubljan�?anka. Other possibilities seen occasionally are Ljubljanian and Ljubljaner, but nothing is official yet.
As for citizens of Slovenia, the English world is divided between Slovene (my preference) and Slovenian. As for neighboring countries, don't forget the Croats, who lent their ethnonym to your cravat, or the Bosniacs, from the autonym Bošnjak, which refers not to Bosnians in general but specifically to Bosnian Muslims.
A bit further afield, you might note the Letts, an old-fashioned name for the Latvians, and the Walloons, the French-speaking Belgians. A related demonym, back in Southeastern Europe, is Vlach (hence the region Wallachia, in Romania), for the indigenous people of Romania and Moldova. Both these exonyms are, by the way, cousins to the name for the people who come from Cymru.
December 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the list demonyms
Further suggestions:
Oxonian for a native of Oxford. Lancastrian for a native of Lancashire. Sooite for a resident of Sault Ste. Marie. Trifluvien for a resident of Trois-Rivières.
December 27, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
I'd be delighted if there were 101 people in the parish at Chalmette.
I like rolig's suggestion of Ljubljanchan which is both colourful and genuine. Better than my Ljube-Job ;-) Lett makes sense as the name of this country is Lettonia in Italian and the people are lettone, which unfortunately also means 'big bed'.
Sooite is also a gorgeous word. Thanks for all the suggestions.
December 27, 2007
asativum commented on the list demonyms
Most people consider residents of Arkansas (USA) to be Arkansans, but for a time there was a minority push by some there to use Arkansawyer.
Arkie is, perhaps, a term of endearment ordisdain, no doubt kin to the dustbowl-era Okie.
December 27, 2007
rolig commented on the list demonyms
Gosh, thanks, bilby! But I like your Ljube-job suggestion, too. Another suggestion for the demonym of my city would be to pronounce the j the English way and call us L'jubilants.
December 27, 2007
skipvia commented on the list demonyms
I'm an esteroid--a resident of Ester, Alaska.
December 28, 2007
rolig commented on the list demonyms
And of course when the Acadians moved to Louisiana, they became Cajuns.
December 29, 2007
rolig commented on the list demonyms
Now here's something surprising: someone from Botswana is a Motswana, unless they are more than one; then they are Batswana (with an a not an o in the first syllable.
December 29, 2007
rolig commented on the list demonyms
Then there are the Gagauz in Moldova, Turkic minority who are, unlike most Turkic peoples, not Muslims but Christians (Eastern Orthodox and Protestant). But this is probably more an ethnonym than a demonym.
December 29, 2007
bilby commented on the list demonyms
As lists evolve the priorities change. All of your suggestions are interesting enough to list, at least to me :-) Thanks rolig!
December 30, 2007
whichbe commented on the list demonyms
rackensak
July 31, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list demonyms
The inhabitants of Ivrea (Italy) are called "eporediesi" (sing. eporediese).
July 31, 2008
yarb commented on the list demonyms
A native of Shropshire is a Salopian.
July 31, 2008
bilby commented on the list demonyms
Thanks very much for the suggestions.
July 31, 2008